Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This ninth volume in Palgrave’s SCOTUS Decisions series explains and contextualizes the landmark cases of the US Supreme Court in the term ending 2026. With a close look at cases involving key issues and debates in American politics and society, SCOTUS 2026 focuses on actions by the Trump administration, including President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the United States to parents without U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, whether the president can unilaterally set tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, whether the president has the authority to fire members of independent federal agencies at will, and whether an administration can terminate Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Syrian and Haitian immigrants living legally in the United States. Other cases feature issues around congressional redistricting, the counting of mail-in ballots, whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment, the banning of transgender women and girls from participating in female scholastic and collegiate athletics, bans on conversion therapy for minors, and more.

Howard Schweber is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and an affiliate faculty member of the Law School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author or editor of six books and the editor of Constitutional Studies.