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U.S. Supreme Court justices return to the bench today with a docket of cases scrutinizing presidential powers, transgender athletes, "conversion therapy," election finance and race. Here's what to know and what cases are up first: |
- The nine justices are scheduled to hear arguments in two cases today and then take up their first big case of the term on Tuesday – a dispute over the legality of a Colorado law that bans "conversion therapy" intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.
- On October 15, the court will hear arguments over a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority U.S. congressional districts in the state. The case gives the conservative majority a chance to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
- Another case concerns election finance restrictions challenged by Vice President JD Vance. Oral arguments have not been scheduled in that case yet.
- Perhaps one of the most-watched cases of this term will be the battle over President Trump's tariffs. The case tests one of Trump's boldest assertions of executive power. The arguments, scheduled for November 5, involve challenges to the tariffs by 12 U.S. states and various businesses.
- Also on the docket this term is Trump's bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a major legal battle over the first-ever bid by a president to fire a Fed official as he challenges the central bank's independence. The court will also take up litigation over the president's attempt to fire FTC member Rebecca Slaughter.
- Other major cases include challenges to transgender school sports bans in Idaho and West Virginia. An oral argument date has not yet been set.
- On Friday the justices took up more cases including Exxon's bid for compensation from Cuban entities and a challenge to Hawaii's handgun limits.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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That's the sentence U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian imposed on Sean "Diddy" Combs over the hip-hop mogul's conviction on prostitution-related charges. Subramanian rebuked Combs for subjecting two of his former girlfriends to years of abuse. Learn more. |
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"Though she got far too close to executing her plans, the fact of the matter is she abandoned them."
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— U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, 'during a hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, sentencing Sophie Roske to eight years and one month in federal prison for attempting to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022. Prosecutors had sought at least 30 years for Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns. Read more. |
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- The U.S. Supreme Court again cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke a temporary legal protection for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. Read more here.
- President Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship was declared unconstitutional by a second U.S. appeals court, handing him another defeat on a core piece of his hardline immigration agenda whose ultimate fate may lay with the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the 1st Circuit's decision.
- A coalition of unions, employers and religious groups filed a lawsuit in California federal court seeking to block President Trump's bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers. Read the complaint.
- Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Chancery Court said former Activision Blizzard officials including Chief Executive Bobby Kotick must face most of a lawsuit alleging they shortchanged shareholders when Microsoft bought the "Call of Duty" game maker for $75.4 billion. Read more here.
- U.S. District Judge James Cain Jr in Louisiana ruled that former President Biden exceeded his authority by withdrawing large areas along U.S. coastlines from future offshore oil and gas development. Read the decision.
- U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit by dozens of Israelis who accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of funneling more than $1 billion that aided Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Read more.
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Wiley's Scott Nuzum examines national security, legal readiness and U.S. engagement for international dual-use technology companies. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
Additional writing by Shruthi Krishnamurthy. |
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