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Live updates: Supreme Court decisions expected in major cases
Friday is the final day of the Supreme Court's term — and it will be a big one.
This Supreme Court term saw an especially high number of emergency petitions, many focused on requests by President Donald Trump's administration to halt a lower court order that blocked one of his initiatives. These emergency rulings decisions are temporary, while cases play out in lower courts. They are not based on the legal merits, but they can be an indication of how the justices may rule on the matter if it comes before them down the road.
The Supreme Court extended its work into July last summer, dropping a bombshell decision on presidential immunity on the first day of the month to close out the term. This year, the justices will end the term four days earlier.
Typically, the justices spend the summer teaching, traveling and vacationing, before the next term begins in October. But this summer could feature a heavier workload with a number of emergency appeals related to President Donald Trump's executive orders.
