The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the release of decisions on several major pieces of President Donald Trump's agenda.
The Washington Post reported that this puts additional attention on the president's relationship with the justices he helped install and the court's conservative majority.
The remaining cases include Trump's effort to limit birthright citizenship, his bid to remove leaders of independent agencies without cause, and a dispute over whether he can fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook while litigation over her removal continues.
The cases arrive after months of public criticism from Trump and some of his allies over rulings that have gone against the administration, even as the court has allowed several Trump policies to move forward on its emergency docket.
Trump appointed justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett during his first term, helping create a court that has delivered major conservative victories on abortion, affirmative action, and religious liberty.
But some recent rulings have disappointed Trump and his supporters, including decisions involving tariffs and immigration enforcement.
Mike Davis, a Trump ally who helped Gorsuch win confirmation to the Supreme Court and later served as one of his first clerks, said a ruling against Trump on birthright citizenship would mark a major turning point.
"When the Supreme Court gives Chinese birth tourists birthright citizenship, it's going to destroy its legitimacy with a broad swath of the American public," Davis said. "They are following politics and vanity projects instead of the law."
Defenders of birthright citizenship point to the 14th Amendment, which says that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
Trump has criticized justices who ruled against him, including Barrett and Gorsuch, after the court rejected his authority to impose tariffs on many trading partners.
"I think it's an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth," Trump said after the ruling.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Trump respects the judicial branch while retaining his right to criticize court rulings.
"The American people have always valued President Trump's ability to freely speak his mind and share his thoughts directly with them," Jackson said. "It's one of the many reasons why the president was resoundingly reelected. He will unapologetically share his opinions about the court's rulings, as is his right."
Gorsuch said in a May CBS News interview that his "loyalty is to the Constitution."
Roman Martinez, who heads the Supreme Court practice at Latham & Watkins, said the justices have reason to avoid responding directly to political criticism.
"The net result of being drawn into a back-and-forth with politicians is it is going to lower the stature of the court and the institution and make it look more political and politicized," Martinez said. "I don't think that's in the court's best interest."