Supreme Court Expected to Hand Down Rulings on Birthright Citizenship, Presidential Power and More

Michael Scodro, a partner and co-head of the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Mayer Brown LLP, and a former law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, said he expects the justices to rule in Trump’s favor.

“I think that the court is very likely to grant the president this authority of removal without cause,” Scodro said. “That will affect more than a dozen federal agencies.”

“The Republican committee has challenged federal limits on the degree to which there can be this spending and coordination between the candidate and the committee,” Scodro said. “And as we’ve seen in a number of cases, the claim is that spending for a campaign is speech protected by the First Amendment, so the theory is that these limits are themselves violations of the First Amendment free speech rights.”