Trump’s Presidential Power Collides With Constitutional Limits

Chronology

1. 30-06-2026
   Supreme Court Boosts Trump Power

   5 articles

   A major Supreme Court day delivered Donald Trump a sweeping institutional victory by expanding presidential control over independent federal agencies, but it also produced important limits and setbacks. The Court overturned the long-standing Humphrey’s Executor precedent, making …
2. 01-07-2026
   Supreme Court Checks Trump, Expands Power

   4 articles

   The cluster shows the U.S. Supreme Court as both a brake on Donald Trump’s most sweeping unilateral actions and a force that has strengthened presidential power more broadly. The Court delivered major setbacks by preserving birthright citizenship for those born on U.S. soil and b…
3. 07-08-2026
   Trump Revives Birthright Citizenship Fight

   3 articles

   President Trump has signed new executive orders aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship and cracking down on birth tourism, reopening a constitutional battle that the Supreme Court recently moved to shut down. The orders seek to redefine which children born in the United States…