President Trump files 13 new cases with Supreme Court this term
The White House has submitted 13 additional petitions to the Supreme Court, covering issues such as transgender military service, asylum policy and student visas, according to a report.
The administration of President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to consider 13 new cases, a docket increase noted by The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld. The filings span a range of topics, including challenges to the asylum ban, policies affecting transgender service members, foreign-student visa rules, university grant reductions, U.S. attorney dismissals, nationwide injunctions, immigration bond hearings, horseracing regulations, an Idaho land exchange, and claims for attorneys’ fees and damages against government officials.
"The Supreme Court is already confronting President Trump’s agenda this term, but a lot more is still coming," Schonfeld wrote.
The Court, which selects its own cases, continues to hear matters from the current term, meaning decisions could be issued as early as next year. Justice Elena Kagan previously expressed concern that the Court’s rulings may have unintended consequences for the political system, while Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Court’s conservative direction as a response to historical shifts.
The Supreme Court’s composition includes six justices identified with its conservative bloc and three with the liberal bloc, a balance that has shaped recent rulings on issues ranging from executive authority to immigration and transgender rights.