President Trump bets big on Supreme Court to uphold controversial policies after lower court losses

Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Published 7:00 a.m. ET Jan. 7, 2019 | Updated 7:56 a.m. ET Jan. 7, 2019

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is betting big on the Supreme Court in 2019 to revive controversial policies on issues ranging from immigration and border security to transgender soldiers in the military.

Seeking to match the success he had at the high court on his immigration travel ban against predominantly Muslim countries last year, Trump is counting on the justices – including two that he picked – to reverse lower court losses at the hands of both liberal and conservative judges.

How the Supreme Court rules on the requests in the coming months will shed light on the justices' views about executive power, judicial discretion and Trump's proclivity for upending longstanding policies by whim, or even tweet.

Waiting for word are more than 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children who could be threatened with deportation under Trump's policy. Also in play are some of the estimated thousands of transgender troops serving in the military and others seeking to join who face a partial ban.

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