The Court set oral argument for October 13, 2026, in a case testing § 922(g)(1)'s constitutionality, Stinson deference, and the scope of the "in commerce" element.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a Commerce Clause and Fourth Amendment challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act, leaving the Eleventh Circuit's pro-government ruling intact.

A wave of amicus briefs filed September 23 signals heavy interest in whether California can exclude religious curricula from publicly funded homeschool programs.

The Court denied certiorari in a Fourth Amendment challenge to Maine's GPS surveillance requirement for lobster boats, leaving a circuit split on trespass doctrine unresolved.

The Solicitor General's amicus brief in Roybal v. Griffith signals the federal government's stake in the standard of review for transgender inmate claims.

The Supreme Court granted certiorari in a Kentucky zoning dispute but limited review to RLUIPA's substantial burden provision, leaving the Equal Terms question unresolved.

The Court granted Tennessee's application to vacate a Sixth Circuit stay of execution for Christa Gail Pike, ending last-minute habeas litigation.

Thirteen amicus briefs filed September 15 preview the battle over whether parents have standing to challenge state gender-transition policies for minors.

The administration asks the Chief Justice to stay a D.C. district court order on Bureau of Prisons hormone treatment policy, with a response due October 8, 2026.

The Supreme Court weighs whether Florida's use of six-person juries in serious felony cases violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, drawing sixteen amicus briefs.

The Supreme Court denied Christa Pike's stay application and certiorari petition on September 29, rejecting her claim that lethal injection would inflict distinct psychological terror given her trauma history.

Stacey Ian Humphreys withdrew his stay application challenging Georgia's variable clemency voting thresholds just weeks after filing, ending review of a novel equal protection claim.

Petitioners' reply brief and the Solicitor General's late bid to join oral argument signal a high-stakes test of religious exemption doctrine under Employment Division v. Smith.

After nine consecutive conference distributions, the Court weighs whether Kisor and Loper Bright limit deference to Sentencing Commission commentary, a question splitting the circuits.

Justice Kavanaugh referred an emergency stay application to the full Court, which granted it, freezing an Eighth Circuit mandate in a Missouri congressional map dispute.

The Supreme Court granted a stay allowing DHS to resume third-country removals, pausing a district court order in a dispute over due process for deportees.

A father stripped of parental rights except veto power over gender-surgery decisions asks the Court to revisit how "clearly established law" is defined for qualified immunity purposes.

After fourteen amicus briefs and three conferences, the government and respondents stipulated to dismiss this closely watched immigration detention case, leaving the bond-hearing question unresolved.

A Wisconsin custody dispute asks the Supreme Court whether gag orders barring parents from posting about their case on social media survive First Amendment scrutiny.

The Court's request for the Solicitor General's views signals it is taking seriously the fight over what standard governs challenges to mail-voting rules under Anderson-Burdick.

The Court will decide whether Title IX allows employees, not just students, to sue for sex discrimination, with argument set for November 30, 2026.

Nearly a year after docketing, Duncan v. Bonta remains under advisement, with supplemental briefs filed in April and August suggesting the Court is wrestling with how to resolve the magazine-ban challenge.

Michigan's new certiorari petition asks the Court to abandon Edwards v. Arizona's bright-line bar on police-initiated interrogation after a suspect invokes counsel.

A single-day flood of seventeen amicus briefs in Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools shows how the Fourth Circuit's Smith and Garcetti rulings have galvanized religious liberty and free speech advocates.

The federal government's amicus brief supports GEO Group's argument that Washington cannot impose minimum-wage requirements on detainees in a federal immigration work program.

The Court will decide whether Eighth Amendment excessive fines review looks at offense categories in the abstract or the individual defendant's actual conduct.

A gurdwara governance fight from Nevada asks whether courts may apply "neutral principles" to internal religious disputes beyond property cases.

The Court denied certiorari in a Title VII preemption dispute over New York's vaccine mandate, drawing a dissent from Justice Gorsuch joined by Thomas and Alito.

An emergency stay application asks whether a New York court may bar or compel participation in Jewish religious adjudication, testing the limits of Free Exercise protection.

The Postal Service asked Justice Jackson to halt a First Circuit order in a mail-in voting dispute, then abruptly withdrew the request days later.

The Supreme Court's denial of rehearing closes the latest chapter in Gilbert Hyatt's decades-long battle over the PTO's use of prosecution laches to deny his patents.

An emergency application before Justice Kagan has drawn amicus briefs from the ACLJ, Americans United for Life, and Florida, signaling the case's stakes despite a sealed factual record.

The Court prepares for argument in a case testing whether Williamson County's finality rule can block First Amendment chilling-effect claims in religious land-use disputes.