It's the Brian Lear Show on WNYC.

I'm producer Amina Serna filling in for Brian today.

Welcome back, everyone.

We have been live as the Supreme Court wraps up its term this morning,

and already two major rulings have landed. In one, the justices limited the ability of lower courts to issue broad nationwide injunctions,

may be clearing the path for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents.

The case wasn't about citizenship directly, but it could have massive implications.

Justice Sotomayor in a scathing dissent wrote,

The gamanship in this request is apparent,

and the government makes no attempt to hide it.

Yet, shamefully, this court plays along, end quote.

And in a second big ruling,

the court sided with parents who want to opt their kids

out of classroom discussions of LGBTQ themes, saying they are likely

to succeed in arguing that a school policy denying those opt-out violates their religious

freedom. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito said, we have long recognized the rights of parents

to direct, quote, the religious upbringing of their children.

And again, Justice Sotomayor dissented, the reverberations of the court's error will be felt,

I fear, for generations. There may be more rulings still to come this hour, including decisions

on trans youth and health care under the Affordable Care Act.

But for now, we're joined by Ellie Mistal, Justice Correspondent for the nation, to help us make sense of these early rulings and what they mean legally, politically, and culturally.

Hi, Ellie. Welcome back to the show.

...