US Supreme Court has dealt heavy defeats to Trump, while expanding his power

US Supreme Court has dealt heavy defeats to Trump, while expanding his powerTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Supreme Court's birthright ruling is major blow to Trump, says BBC's Gary O'DonoghueByAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentPublished5 minutes agoBy President Donald Trump's standards, his response to the Supreme Court ruling against him on birthright citizenship was rather tepid.He said Tuesday's decision was "too bad for our country", before going on to endorse legislation that would reinstate his proposed limits on the longstanding legal principle that anyone born in the country is a US citizen.The chances that Congress will act on that are slim, however. Democrats would almost certainly block any effort in the US Senate, and even if such a law were enacted it is unclear how it would pass constitutional muster.And while this decision was a blow to Trump, it brings to an end a Supreme Court term that has mostly continued a trend of recent years. Its conservative majority, cemented during his first term, has delivered a series of major victories for the president. It has methodically expanded executive power and shielded Trump, and all future presidents, from prosecution for official actions.A handful of conservatives, however, joined ranks with the court's three liberal justices to place clear limits on some of Trump's most ambitious immigration, trade and law enforcement polices - issues that have been central to his political identity for more than a decade.US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to TrumpPublished4 hours agoUS Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in female school and college sportsPublished1 hour agoOn Tuesday, the court rejected the president's attempt to end birthright citizenship for the children of temporary visitors and undocumented migrants. It was closely decided, how...