Politics·PodcastAmerica’s top court is set to deliver decisions on more than a dozen major cases in the coming days. And with rulings on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes and the Federal Reserve on the docket, there’s a lot at stake as the U.S. president’s agenda is tested by the justice system.The top court is set to deliver decisions on cases such as birthright citizenship and transgender athletesCBC Radio · Posted: Jun 24, 2026 10:49 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Norman Wong, the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, speaks during a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on the day the court hears oral arguments on the legality of the Trump administration's effort to limit birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2026. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)A U.S. Supreme Court decision challenging President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship is expected in the coming days, and it could show just how far the country's highest court will or won't let the president go. It's not the only Trump decision that's made its way to the Supreme Court. It will also decide on the legality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from female sports teams, as well as Trump's effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.And the court has already made decisions on other actions by the Trump administration, such as striking down the legal basis for tariffs imposed by Trump, and ordered the U.S. government to stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state.This week, Washington correspondents Katie Simpson, Willy Lowry and Paul Hunter ask: How far will the Supreme Court allow Donald Trump to go? We've included some highlights below, edited for length and clarity. For the full discussion, listen and follow the podcast.LISTEN | How far will the U.S. Supreme Court allow Trump to go?:Two Blocks from the White House32:48How far will the U.S. Supreme Court allow Trump to go?Paul Hunter: I think this is viewed as Trump's court, but I also think that the court probably gets more criticism on that than is warranted. I think this court pushed back on the National Guard. It pushed back tariffs. We've seen Trump himself, lash out is maybe not the right way to put it, but lash out against [Supreme Court Justice Neil] Gorsuch directly and personally, and [Supreme Court Justice Amy] Coney Barrett, two of his appointees, and I think that is an indicator that things don't always go his way. AnalysisWhat's next for Trump's tariffs after Supreme Court rulingJudge orders Trump administration to return California National Guard to state controlSo how has the court dealt with this? It has sided with him at times and has not, and that's what you would expect of a Supreme Court. That's what courts do. They look at the letter of the law, they decide, and you can say, yeah, you shouldn't have, or you should have, but you know, like, I say, it's been a mixed bag, and that's what it should be, perhaps.Katie Simpson: I think that in this moment, the court system generally, not necessarily the Supreme Court ... but the courts generally are the only thing stopping Donald Trump's agenda. People challenging the Trump administration, suing the Trump Administration, and that is part of the American experience. Paul Hunter: That is him testing executive power and the test — the decider of the test, I guess, in this case and others — is the Supreme Court, and sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.Katie Simpson: So even though the [polling] number right now, they are down. People do not like the war in Iran. They do not like some of his policies. At the same time, when you go out and talk to people in these conservative places, you do find that support and it exists and they still plan to vote for Republicans in November in the midterms. We'll see how that turns out. But for the people that do not like Donald Trump, the last sort of resort is the legal system to challenge those things. Even though the Trump administration has lost a number of cases or decisions did not go their way, people that are critical of Trump do not look at the Supreme Court in this moment and have a lot of faith because it is his court. And look at past decisions. Look at the overturning of Roe v. Wade and how that has changed life in America and women having access to abortion, those kinds of things. So even if the courts — it is a mixed bag with the courts in terms of what they're doing and what they are not doing — and that's kind of the way it is. There's a lot of people in America who are critical of the Trump administration, look at the court and don't have a lot hope in this momentWilly Lowry: Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. I think also this conversation has made me realize, you know ... this is a very binary conversation. The executive versus the judicial branch. It shows me, kind of, how irrelevant Congress has become.