Trump, religious rights and transgender care: Supreme Court’s major decisions coming soon
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WASHINGTON – And now we wait.
The Supreme Court on May 15 heard its final case before adjourning for the summer, debating how hard it should be to challenge President Donald Trump’s policy initiatives, particularly his executive order ending the guarantee of birthright citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States.
Their upcoming decision is one of nearly three dozen left for the court to hand down in the coming weeks.
Thoseopinionsmaynotrisetothelevelofblockbustersfromrecenttermssuchaspresidentialimmunity,overturningtheconstitutionalrighttoanabortion,newtestsforgunrestrictionsorupendingaffirmativeaction.
Butsomewillhaveamajorimpact,particularlythreebigreligiousrightscases.
Afreedomofreligionterm“Ithinkthisisabigfreedomofreligionterm,”saidJessicaLevinson,aprofessoratLoyolaLawSchool inLosAngeles.
Thecourt’s6-3conservativemajorityislikelytocontinueitstrendofsidingwithpeoplewhosaytheirfreedomofreligionisbeinginfringeduponoverthosewhosaythere�
