US Supreme Court to Tackle Trump-Era Cases; Pakistan Ruling

A Pakistan Constitutional Bench ruled that the Supreme Court’s July 12, 2024 majority order awarding reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) exceeded judicial authority and improperly substituted court directives for legislative action. In the United States, the upcoming Supreme Court term will confront multiple high‑stakes Trump‑era matters, including challenges to tariffs, the scope of presidential firing power with a direct review of Humphrey’s Executor, and a case over former President Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook set for January 2026. Legal experts warn the Court’s conservative majority could broaden presidential power, weaken administrative independence, and enable rollbacks of environmental protections by narrowing limits on executive authority or by declining to apply the major‑questions doctrine against the president. The Court will also consider consequential election‑law and culture‑war cases likely to affect racial gerrymandering, the Voting Rights Act, and bans on conversion therapy, with advocates warning of serious harms to Black political representation and LGBTQ protections. Meanwhile, lower courts and legal organizations have rebuked Trump‑era policies as unconstitutional or politically motivated — for example, a federal judge found an “ideological deportation” policy targeting critics of Israel violated the First Amendment, and groups like the New York City Bar have warned of DOJ “weaponization.”