Trump Bid to End DACA Puts Supreme Court Back in Political Fray

The U.S. Supreme Court is again poised to test the bounds of Donald Trump’s presidential powers, this time in a politically charged clash over the fate of 700,000 people who were brought into the country illegally as children.

The case, set for argument Nov. 12, will mark the climax of Trump’s two-year campaign to unravel former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA, as it’s known, protects those immigrants from deportation and lets them seek jobs.

The dispute is timed to be decided during the heart of next year’s presidential campaign, underscoring the stakes for ...