Two Supreme Court moves are in focus: a loss for Trump on birthright citizenship and a coming case on whether states can ban AR-15s.

• The court refused to back Trump's push to end birthright citizenship, a win his critics cheered and a setback he mocked as a "victory for China."
• The bigger worry raised here: the three liberal justices vote as a bloc almost every time, while conservative justices often break from Trump — so a future left-leaning court could push hard with no internal pushback.
• Birthright citizenship is cast as a loophole foreign rivals exploit — pointing to reports of Chinese "birth tourism" to secure US citizenship for babies raised abroad.
• The court also agreed to decide whether state AR-15 bans violate the Second Amendment, with 10 states plus DC currently banning the guns.
• The gun argument here: bans don't cut homicides, most killings come from illegally obtained handguns, and an armed population deters both crime and government overreach.

Outlook: The AR-15 case will be decided later this year, and a long-term fear is a future liberal majority moving against gun rights.