Trump Likely to Test Supreme Court on Agency Powers, Immigration

The US Supreme Court is likely to play a role in upcoming Trump administration policies, green-lighting some and halting others.

That occurred during the first Trump presidency when the court narrowed but ultimately allowed the administration’s travel ban against several majority-Muslim countries but also nixed a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

“Right away we’re likely to see the Trump administration move forward with a flurry of executive orders and changes to various government and regulatory policies that will likely be controversial and people will try to challenge,” said Roman Martinez, a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP.

“In terms ...