Supreme Court to Issue Final Rulings on Birthright Citizenship and Transgender Sports Cases

The Supreme Court is scheduled to release its remaining decisions for the term on June 30, 2026, including cases on birthright citizenship and state restrictions on transgender athletes in school sports. The birthright citizenship case stems from a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term.

The order sought to end the 14th Amendment guarantee of citizenship for people born on U.S. soil. During oral arguments in early April, justices appeared skeptical of the order's legality. The court is also expected to rule on whether state bans on transgender girls and women competing in school and college sports comply with the Constitution.

In a separate case the same day, the court allowed the president to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission. In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberal justices to reject a Republican National Committee challenge to a Mississippi law permitting certain ballots to be counted if received after Election Day.

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