US Supreme Court opens new term, with major Trump cases in store

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The nine justices are scheduled to hear arguments in two cases on Monday and then take up their first big case of the term on Tuesday in a dispute over the legality of a Colorado law that bans "conversion therapy" intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.
53% : Numerous states have adopted similar laws to tamp down on frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits.
50% : But the major theme of the term promises to be the authority of the president in cases involving Trump, who returned to office in January.
50% : The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump during his first term in office, already has backed the Republican president in a series of cases decided on an emergency basis this year.
50% : In the one case this year involving Trump in which the justices heard arguments, the conservative majority handed him a major victory that buttressed presidential powers.
50% : The court has arguments coming in November, December and January in three big cases involving Trump over the legality of his sweeping tariffs and his moves to fire officials from agencies set up by Congress with certain job protections meant to insulate them from presidential interference.
43% : But in the case involving Trump's bid to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, opens new tab, the justices put off action on a Justice Department request to let the president remove her for now while that litigation proceeds.
33% : TRUMP ARGUMENTS The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the authority to issue taxes and tariffs, and any delegation of that authority must be both explicit and limited, according to the plaintiffs challenging Trump's tariffs.

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