As the Supreme Court's term winds down, here are the cases still awaiting its verdict

The Supreme Court is expected to issue six rulings on Friday, the last day of its current term, including a monumental case about the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions on presidential orders.

The Supreme Court's term typically begins in October and concludes by the end of June, but justices are allowed to extend the calendar into July if they choose. However, the Court announced Friday would be the final release day. 

If the Supreme Court does not issue a decision on a case by the end of the current term, the justices can order it to be reargued in the next term.

Here is a brief look at the six cases that are still pending in front of the nation's highest court:

Trump v. CASA

The biggest case remaining is on the topic of nationwide injunctions and birthright citizenship. Although the underlying case centers on birthright citizenship, the actual ruling is expected to be a verdict on whether federal judges can issue national injunctions, or whether it needs to be confined to the judge's jurisdiction.

The case comes after three district court judges ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, meaning the practice of granting automatic citizenship to all U.S.-born babies, violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and blocked it.

Both sides presented their arguments before the high court on May 15, and the justices did not give a clear indication of which way they were leaning, according to the Washington Examiner.

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

The Free Speech case stems on whether an appeals court used an appropriate review process when determining whether Texas can require pornography sites to verify the age of their uses before providing access. 

The judges used a stringent constitutional test, known as rational basis review, when reviewing the law, but a trade group challenging the ruling question whether it should have applied the strict scrutiny standard instead, per the SCOTUS Blog. 

Louisiana v. Callais

Another major case in front of the Supreme Court rests on whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts is constitutional. The Louisiana state legislature initially had just one majority-black district, which a federal court ruled likely violated the Voting Rights Act.

Challengers of the new map argue that it constitutes racial gerrymandering, which is illegal. But the designers of the map argue that race was not the primary motivator behind the changes.

Mahmoud v. Taylor

The last LGBT case to be decided by the court this term rests on arguments from concerned parents that schools requiring their children to participate in instruction at public schools that includes LGBTQ+ themes, violates their First Amendment rights. 

The parents, who are of various faiths, are attempting to keep their children out of instruction involving LGBTQ-themed storybooks.

Kennedy v. Braidwood Management

This case challenges the constitutionality of a task force of independent experts that determine which preventive services insurers are forced to cover. 

People challenging the task force, who object to forcing insurers to provide coverage for a drug that prevents HIV, argue that the task force is so powerful only the president should be allowed to appoint members with the approval of the Senate, rather than the Health and Human Services secretary.

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research

The last case on the list centers on whether a telecommunications program is funded by an illegal tax, and whether Congress has delegated its responsibility regarding the program to a federal agency, per USA Today.

Congress is not allowed to delegate its legislative powers under the nondelegation doctrine.

The final rulings are all expected to be released together in one major drop.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.