The Supreme Court’s term is winding down after months of oral arguments in hotly contested cases, during a year when President Donald Trump and the midterm elections loom large over some of the most closely watched cases.The high court heard arguments in 58 cases from October 2025 through April 2026, and the justices are still set to issue rulings in more than two dozen cases by the end of June. Among the most closely watched cases this term, the Supreme Court has issued rulings in two and has yet to rule in the 10 remaining ones. The major cases this term range from Trump’s tariffs and birthright citizenship order to state laws barring biological men from women’s sports.The president’s firing ability is the question at the center of Trump v. Slaughter — specifically, whether he can dismiss independent agency heads in the executive branch without cause. The case stems from Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause. Slaughter filed a lawsuit against Trump, arguing her firing was illegal under the law establishing the Federal Trade Commission, while the Justice Department argued those for-cause protections are unconstitutional because they would unlawfully limit the president, as head of the executive branch, from firing someone who wields executive power.