Supreme Court to Rule on Trump Fed Removal Power and Birthright Citizenship
Two pending decisions will test the boundaries of executive authority over independent agencies and the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause — outcomes that could reshape federal...
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue rulings this week in two cases directly involving President Donald Trump, according to Bloomberg News reporting published June 28, 2026. The cases center on Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position and a separate executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
The Federal Reserve case concerns whether the President holds authority to remove a sitting Fed governor outside of the statutory 'for cause' protections established under the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. § 242). Governor Cook was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in May 2022 (Senate Executive Calendar, 117th Congress). The administration's legal position, filed with the Court, argues that Article II of the Constitution grants the President broad removal authority over executive officers. Cook's legal team disputes that a Fed governor constitutes a purely executive officer subject to at-will removal. The specific docket number and the full text of the administration's merits brief are available on the Supreme Court's public docket at supremecourt.gov.
The birthright citizenship case challenges an executive order signed by President Trump that sought to limit automatic citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment for children born in the United States to parents who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents. Multiple federal district courts issued injunctions blocking the order, with at least three circuit courts upholding those injunctions pending Supreme Court review, according to public docket records. The administration appealed the injunctions, and the Court agreed to hear the matter on an expedited basis, as reflected in the Court's published order list.
The two cases arrive in the same week, creating a high-stakes period for constitutional litigation involving executive power. Legal scholars across the ideological spectrum have noted that the removal-power question has direct implications for the independence of other regulatory bodies — including the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission — because precedent established in the Cook case could apply to commissioners of those agencies as well. The scope of any such ruling is currently unknown; the Court's written opinion will determine whether any holding is narrow or broad.
What remains unknown ahead of the decisions: the precise legal standard the Court will apply in each case, whether any ruling will be unanimous or divided, and whether the Court will issue a stay of any existing injunction or a final merits ruling. The full text of each opinion will be published on supremecourt.gov on the day of release. Readers seeking the underlying legal arguments may review the parties' merits briefs, which are publicly available on the Court's docket pages for each respective case number.