‘As President Donald Trump prepares to launch his big America 250 celebration, the Supreme Court is about to unfurl its own annual fireworks barrage: the fusillade of decisions the justices fire off in late June before they head out of town for the summer.

Trump’s relationship with the high court has been strained in recent months, particularly in the wake of the court’s 6-3 ruling knocking out the central pillar of Trump’s signature tariff policy.

Now, Trump is staring down a high likelihood of defeat on another issue key to his political agenda: his attempt to end the nation’s century-long tradition of granting citizenship to almost everyone born on U.S. soil. Trump, who underscored his interest in the birthright issue by taking the unprecedented step of showing up in-person for the high court’s arguments on it in April, seems resigned to losing. He said on Truth Social last month that the justices would “probably” rule against his policy because the court system is “rigged.”

It seems wise to expect a presidential outburst against the justices if that case goes as he expects.

The justices are also expected to hand down a ruling on another issue near and dear to Trump: whether mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day can be counted. Trump has, without proof, repeatedly tied the practice to fraud, most recently in California’s primary contests. It’s not clear where the justices will come out on this case, which Trump initiated and could result in late-arriving ballots being thrown out in about 30 states that currently count them….’ (Josh Gerstein via POLITICO)