
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025. — Reuters
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WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is ready to examine presidential powers in major matters during the inauguration of its new term on Monday, in which President Donald Trump’s legal status and his move to firing Federal Reserve officials and firing on a firing by the Congress.
As it is customary, the court begins its nine -month period from the first Monday of October, which should be discussed in various cases by the end of June. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has dramatically transferred the US law to the right under John Roberts, who has now served as the US Chief Justice for two decades.
The court is ready to hear disputes such as cultural war matters such as races, gun rights, gay “conversion therapy” and transgender sports participation. In another case, Trump’s Vice President JD Venice is feared to have electoral finance sanctions.
After a lower court decision, the judges will hear arguments on November 5 about the legal status of Trump’s sweeping rates when the Republican president has extended his authority to impose most of them under the federal law for the emergency. In this case, Trump’s brave claim of Executive Power has been examined. These arguments include the challenges of revenue by 12 US states and various businesses.
Bradley University professor Tarley Davis said the economic stake is widespread.
Davis added, “If Trump loses, the current rates can be immediately invalidated, which disrupts markets and trade talks.” “If he wins, it confirms that the presidents can unilaterally change the economy through prices without Congress approval.”
In January, the court will hear arguments about Trump’s attempt to oust Lisa Cook, when she will take over the first time by the president in a major legal battle to dismiss the feed official in a major legal battle against the bid because he challenges central bank independence.
In making the feed in 1913, the Congress passed a law that included provisions to protect the central bank from political interference, which requires the removal of the governors by the president only “for purpose”, though it does not explain the term nor establish the removal method. This law has never been tested in court before.
A judge has ruled that Trump claims that Kick had committed a mortgage fraud before taking office, which the kick refuses, possibly not enough to remove the law. Kick, who is the first black woman to serve as a feed governor, has termed Trump’s claims against her as an excuse to dismiss her monetary policy.
The judges, in the schedule of the arguments, did not follow the request of the Justice Department when Trump was allowed to remove the kick when the case ends, thus he is left in the job.
Another firing
The December judges will hear arguments about firing on Trump’s Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission.
The case has given conservative judges an opportunity to abolish the court’s 1935 view that the Congress has given the opportunity to maintain employment reservations imposed on the leaders of some federal agencies related to presidential control.
The court allowed Trump’s slaughter to be removed, while his legal challenge is emerging.
More important issues related to presidential powers may be coming. The Trump administration has already asked the judges to decide the legal status of their bid to limit the citizenship of birth rights.
Since issuing his final term in June, the judges have been busy handling the administration’s emergency requests to allow the lower courts to enforce various Trump’s actions while legal action is underway. The court has supported Trump in all these cases.
Gay ‘conversion therapy’
During the new term, the first major issue should be discussed, which is challenged on Tuesday based on the free speech of a Christian professional adviser, which banned democratic -backed Colorado Law “conversion therapy”, which aims to change the sexual orientation of a minor.
A lower court rejected the plaintiff’s claim that the law senses its communication with clients in violation of the first amendment of the US Constitution against the abolition of a free speech.
Later, the court will listen to Adho and Western Virginia to enforce Republican -backed state laws banning transgender athletes from women sports teams in public schools.
Conservatives of the court have the opportunity to further expand gun rights in the challenge of a Hawaii law, which bans private property from taking handguns, which is open to the public, as most businesses.
On October 15, it listens to the arguments on the Louisiana election map, which has increased the number of US Congress districts in the state. The case has given the conservative majority an opportunity to provide an important delivery of the voting rights act, a historical sign of the 1965 law aims to prevent ethnic discrimination in voting.
The Venice case includes the provision of the Finance Finance Law of the Federal Campaign, which restricted the cost with harmony to seek the post of political parties. Venus and other Republicans challenged it as a violation of the first amendment. The lower courts did not agree.
“This is definitely a term that is not only legally important, which is every term, but also politically important and culturally important,” said Xiao Wang, a law professor at the University of Virginia.