Supreme Court rulings live: SCOTUS set for decisions on birthright citizenship as term comes to an end

It’s 10:00 a.m., which means the court will begin releasing the final decisions of the term.

On Tuesday, the high court is also expected to issue a ruling in a less high-profile case: a GOP-backed challenge to federal limits on campaign spending.

Vice President JD Vance and other Republicans challenged the limits on spending between candidates and political parties, which were upheld by a lower court.

The key question is whether current limits on party spending violate the First Amendment.

The ruling will likely have implications for this November’s midterm elections.

Ahead of the justices’ long-awaited rulings, news reporters and spectators were seen gathering outside the court on Tuesday morning. The rulings are expected to be handed down at 10 a.m.

The court’s conservative majority has backed Trump on other major immigration-related policies since he returned to the presidency.

For instance, the court on June 25 cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation. On the same day, it sided with him by backing the U.S. government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims.

The court, however, has not always ruled in Trump’s favor. In February, it struck down sweeping tariffs he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies. And on Monday it refused to let him fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

Here’s what to know about the court’s expected ruling on birthright citizenship:

A lower court previously blocked Trump’s executive order directing U.S. agencies not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither parent is an American citizen or legal permanent resident, also called a “green card” holder.

Challengers to Trump’s order argued that it violates language in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

Trump issued the order last year on his first day back in office as part of a suite of policies to crack down on legal and illegal immigration. Critics have accused the Republican president of racial and religious discrimination in his approach to immigration.

Ahead of the ruling, some experts had estimated that Trump’s directive could affect the legal status of as many as 250,000 ‌babies born each year.

The Supreme Court is poised to issue a series of high-profile decisions Tuesday, the last day of its term.

At 10 a.m., the justices are expected to deliver a long-awaited decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order last year seeking to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment.

The court will also rule on whether bans in West Virginia and Idaho preventing transgender athletes from competing in women’s school sports are constitutional.