The U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of major decisions Thursday, handing President Donald Trump significant victories on immigration while also issuing landmark rulings involving gun rights and federal regulatory authority.
The first opinion released by the court came in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, a closely watched case involving federal pesticide regulations.
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In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts certain state-law failure-to-warn lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers.
The ruling means plaintiffs generally cannot pursue state-law claims that conflict with federally approved pesticide labeling requirements.
Justice Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The decision is expected to significantly affect future product liability litigation involving pesticides and other federally regulated products by reinforcing the supremacy of federal labeling standards over conflicting state tort claims.
The court then issued two major immigration decisions that delivered important victories for the Trump administration.
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In one 6-3 ruling authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the court allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from several countries.
The decision permits the administration to move forward with ending protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals to legally live and work in the United States.
According to the court’s ruling, approximately 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians could lose their legal status unless they qualify for another form of immigration relief.
The administration has sought to terminate TPS protections for more than a dozen countries as part of President Trump’s broader immigration agenda.
The court’s three liberal justices dissented.
In a separate 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to reinstate its policy of limiting asylum processing at ports of entry.
Justice Alito again wrote for the majority.
“We hold that an alien who is standing in Mexico does not ‘arriv[e] in the United States’ by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country,” Alito wrote.
The decision allows federal officials to turn away migrants waiting at ports of entry before they physically cross onto U.S. soil.
The practice, commonly referred to as “metering,” began during the Obama administration and was expanded during Trump’s first term.
The ruling gives the administration another tool as it seeks to reduce unlawful immigration and tighten asylum procedures.
The court’s three liberal justices again dissented.
The Supreme Court also struck down a Hawaii law restricting firearms on private property open to the public.
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The challenged law prohibited individuals from carrying firearms onto private property unless the owner expressly gave permission.
Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Alito concluded that the law violated the Second Amendment.
“This regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives,” Alito wrote, CNN reported.
“We hold that the law is unconstitutional.”
The decision represents another expansion of Second Amendment protections following the court’s landmark 2022 ruling recognizing a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today:
“Go home! Get out! We know our country is better than yours. That’s because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us… GO BACK TO FUCKING HAITI!” pic.twitter.com/ZEMWe3rvvF
— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) June 25, 2026
🚨 WOW! SCOTUS Justices Sam Alito, Clarence Thomas and the conservatives INFURIATED Ketanji Brown Jackson and the liberals by blocking migrants from being entitled to an asylum claim if they haven’t crossed the border
ALITO: “The law neither entitles such an alien to apply for… pic.twitter.com/fitafngEiM
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 25, 2026
Gun-rights advocates praised the decision, while gun-control supporters warned it limits states’ ability to regulate firearms in public places.
Taken together, Thursday’s rulings reinforced the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on several of the nation’s most closely watched legal issues.
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