SCOTUS Delivers Wins For Trump On Immigration, Guns, Federal Power
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.
Justice Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Advertisement 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 ruling means plaintiffs generally cannot pursue state-law claims that conflict with federally approved pesticide labeling requirements
Advertisement 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 court then issued two major immigration decisions that delivered important victories for the Trump administration
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.
“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 administration has sought to terminate TPS protections for more than a dozen countries as part of President Trump’s broader immigration agenda
The decision allows federal officials to turn away migrants waiting at ports of entry before they physically cross onto U.S. soil.
Advertisement 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.
Justice Alito again wrote for the majority
The Supreme Court also struck down a Hawaii law restricting firearms on private property open to the public.
Advertisement 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.
The practice, commonly referred to as “metering,” began during the Obama administration and was expanded during Trump’s first term
“We hold that the law is unconstitutional.”
Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today:
— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) June 25, 2026
"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
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🚨 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
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 25, 2026
ALITO: "The law neither entitles such an alien to apply for… pic.twitter.com/fitafngEiM
Gun-rights advocates praised the decision, while gun-control supporters warned it limits states’ ability to regulate firearms in public places.
The challenged law prohibited individuals from carrying firearms onto private property unless the owner expressly gave permission
Taken together, Thursday’s rulings reinforced the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on several of the nation’s most closely watched legal issues.
