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SCOTUS Cases to Watch in the Upcoming Term
The Supreme Court opened its 2026–27 term on October 5 with a docket built around religion, guns, parental rights, voting and the reach of old precedents. Several cases could reshape settled law: whether AR-15-style rifles are protected "arms," whether a 1970 ruling allowing six-person criminal juries survives, and how far states can go in excluding religious schools from public programs.
Transgender inmates ask Supreme Court to keep hormone therapy order in place
A class of transgender inmates held in federal prisons asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration’s bid to enforce a new Bureau of Prisons policy that would end hormone therapy and so-called “social accommodations” such as makeup, wigs and padding. Li Nowlin-Sohl, an attorney for the inmates, told the justices that the government is effectively asking them to undo a status quo that has held for roughly 30 years.
SCOTUS Stays Injunction Stopping White House Ballroom Construction
SCOTUS has stayed an injunction from DC Circuit Court, allowing the Trump Admin to continue construction on the East Wing Ballroom pending a cert petition.
Oral Argument Breakdown: Restrictions on Attorney-Client Communications during Overnight Recess
In Villarreal v. Texas, the Court addressed whether a trial judge's order prohibiting a defendant from discussing his ongoing testimony with counsel during an overnight recess violates the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
SCOTUS Stays Injunction Stopping Dem FTC Chair’s Firing
In Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court on September 22, 2025, issued an unsigned order granting a stay of a lower court decision that had reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter after her removal by President Donald Trump. The Court also treated the application as a petition for certiorari before judgment and granted it, setting arguments for December 2025.
SCOTUS Stays Injunction Requiring $4 Billion in Foreign Aid
In a landmark decision underscoring the ongoing tensions between executive authority and congressional oversight, the U.S. Supreme Court on September 26, 2025, granted a stay in Department of State et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition et al., effectively allowing the Trump administration to withhold approximately $4 billion in foreign aid funds. This emergency ruling paused a lower court's injunction that had required the executive branch to obligate the funds before their fiscal year-end expiration on September 30, 2025.
Trump Admin Asks SCOTUS to End Birthright Citizenship
The case stems from President Trump's January 20, 2025, executive order aiming to restrict birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, excluding children born in the U.S. to parents who are undocumented or on temporary visas, challenging long-standing interpretations rooted in post-Civil War history and key Supreme Court precedents like Wong Kim Ark.
SCOTUS Allows ICE to Continue Stops Based on Broad Racial Factors
In a divided order, the U.S. Supreme Court has paused a lower court injunction that limited the ability of federal immigration officers in the Los Angeles area to conduct investigative stops based on a combination of factors including race, language, and location.
Race-Based Redistricting Comes Before the Supreme Court
Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to invalidate a congressional map that creates a second majority-Black district, setting the stage for a major showdown over the future of the Voting Rights Act and the role of race in American politics. Amid debates over redistricting, the disposition of this case may have long lasting ramifications.
Transgender Bathroom Case Reaches Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket
The Supreme Court is once again being asked to weigh in on the contentious issue of transgender rights, this time in the context of student bathroom access. An emergency request from South Carolina has landed on the Court's docket, and the decision could have far-reaching implications.
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In a significant policy shift, federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia have been directed to stop bringing felony charges against individuals solely for carrying rifles or shotguns. The new directive, confirmed by U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, stems from a Justice Department determination that the city's longstanding ban on the public carry of long guns is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme Court precedent.