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January 2026 arguments

January 2, 2026 case suggestions No Comments
Apologies for the brief hiatus on this blog, as other obligations prevented me from making posts for the November and December arguments. But we are back in January with arguments concerning oil company operations off the Louisiana coast, trans student-athletes, state sovereign immunity, concealed weapons on private property, and the…

October 2025 cases

August 29, 2025 case suggestions No Comments
The traditional “First Monday” opening of the regular October 2025 Term is October 6 this year, although the court has been particularly active on the “shadow docket” even during the summer recess. See below for tips about preparing for some of the major cases concerning the right to counsel for…

October 2025 term – lottery opens

August 13, 2025 case suggestions No Comments
Yesterday afternoon, the Court released the argument calendar for the first two months of the October 2025 term. (This seems later in the summer than usual but I haven’t checked my memory on that.) Amy Howe has a highlight of some of the major cases and I will offer more…

May 15 – Birthright Citizenship

May 14, 2025 case suggestions commentary No Comments
The Court will sit for a very unusual set of oral arguments tomorrow (Thursday, May 15) to review the Trump Administration’s request to stay the preliminary injunctions that have been issued in three cases (Trump v. CASA, Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey), blocking implementation of the Executive…

Late February and early March cases

February 23, 2025 case suggestions No Comments
The next block of SCOTUS arguments includes some extremely important issues that have not received much public attention: among others, the right to demand DNA testing after being sentenced to death, “reverse discrimination” standards and showings, and gun-maker liability. Monday, February 24 A really interesting death penalty case involving DNA…

January 2025 Cases

January 5, 2025 case suggestions 1 Comment
The January argument calendar includes some very high-profile cases — the TikTok ban and age verification on porn sites — as well as some very important cases that have received less public attention involving police shootings, ADA coverage, the First Step Act, false versus misleading statements (by a Daley family…

December 2024 cases

December 1, 2024 case suggestions No Comments
This block of oral arguments include issues concerning administrative agency authority (in the context of e-cigarettes), sovereign immunity for the confiscation of property during the Holocaust, healthcare for trans minors, the fraudulent inducement theory under federal mail and wire fraud laws, rights of reservists, causation under environmental law, and an…

First Monday and October 2024 cases

August 9, 2024 case suggestions No Comments
The first block of SCOTUS arguments starts with some procedural issues but then hears cases concerning regulation of "ghost guns," prosecutorial misconduct in death penalty cases, RICO damages, immigration procedure, and veterans benefits before wrapping up with a major Clean Water Act case. Summaries are below.

Final arguments of the term – April 22-25.

April 20, 2024 case suggestions No Comments
The last set of regularly scheduled arguments for the “October 2023 term” will take place April 22-25. Many extremely important and high-profile cases were saved for the end: anti-homelessness ordinances, immigration, union injunctions, abortion, and Trump’s claim of immunity. Monday, April 22 The first case today concerns the Eighth Amendment…