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Grand openings: what four introductions in Suncor v. Boulder show about starting a brief

When the court opens its term on Monday with the blockbuster case Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the justices will have digested four principal briefs. They are Suncor Energy and the other energy companies’ opening brief (Kannon Shanmugam), the United States’ amicus brief supporting the energy […]

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The first Monday in October

It’s the first Monday in October, which means it’s the first day of a new Supreme Court term. Amy commented on what to watch in the months ahead in an interview with PBS News. At the Court The Supreme Court will release an order list this morning at 9:30 a.m. […]

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Justice Barrett – the zombie (noun) slayer

Suppose a Bond villain (or Dr. Evil) demanded $1 million unless you read every word of a SCOTUS majority opinion. And just to make it interesting, he required you to choose from one of two opinions, each of which involves elections. The first opinion considers a statutory question: do mail-in […]

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Justices to debate investment choices for retirement funds

The argument next week in Anderson v. Intel Corp Investment Policy Committee presents a dispute under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The basic issue is how to handle claims that employers have invested employees’ retirement funds imprudently. The specific question for the justices is whether it is enough for […]

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Court grants three cases as new term is set to begin

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] The 2026-27 term doesn’t officially start until Monday, but the Supreme Court was busy this week adding cases to the oral argument docket, addressing emergency applications, and announcing a significant last-minute recusal. Keep reading to catch up on all the latest SCOTUS news. At […]

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Court agrees to hear arguments in important immigration case, religious zoning dispute

Updated on Oct. 1 at 12:48 p.m. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments early next year in cases involving the enforcement of zoning ordinances against religious institutions, the Trump administration’s policy of detaining undocumented immigrants apprehended within the United States without a hearing, and the effect of a federal […]

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A first-of-its-kind abortion battle

Our SCOTUStoday subscribers are certainly court watchers. But are you also court forecasters? Yesterday, we announced a forecasting contest that we developed in collaboration with Good Judgment Inc. Enter to test your prediction skills against other readers and artificial intelligence models. Hungry for more information about the 2026-27 term? In […]

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