The Supreme Court will meet on Friday to rule on the final six cases of its current term, including former President Donald Trump’s effort to enforce an executive order that would deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrant parents.
The justices are scheduled to take the bench at 10 a.m. for their last public session before the new term begins on October 6.
Trump’s birthright citizenship order has been blocked nationwide by three lower court rulings. In response, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to limit those court orders and allow the policy to take effect in at least some parts of the country.
At the heart of the case is whether federal judges should have the power to issue nationwide injunctions—sweeping rulings that apply across the entire country. These broad orders have affected both Republican and Democratic administrations over the last decade.
Nationwide injunctions have become a key legal tool used to halt Trump’s policies, drawing increasing criticism from the former president and his supporters.
