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  1. Supreme Court · Mon, Nov 9 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Nielsen v. Watanabe today on whether federal officials can be sued for damages
  2. Supreme Court · Sun, Nov 8 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court hears Nielsen v. Watanabe Monday as Trump administration urges end to prison-care damages suits
  3. Supreme Court · Sun, Nov 8 · 6 AM CTCourt hears Nielsen v. Watanabe Monday on whether federal officers can be sued for damages under Bivens
  4. Supreme Court · Sat, Nov 7 · 5 PM CTCourt hears Nielsen v. Watanabe Monday on whether a federal inmate can sue a prison paramedic for damages
  5. Supreme Court · Sat, Nov 7 · 6 AM CTUpdate: DOJ criminal probe into Dobbs draft leak continues; orders expected Monday; Nielsen argument Monday
  6. Supreme Court · Fri, Nov 6 · 5 PM CTDOJ ramps up criminal probe into Dobbs draft leak; Court conference Friday; Nielsen argument Monday
  7. Supreme Court · Fri, Nov 6 · 6 AM CTSchumer vows to block Trump from putting a 'right-winger' on the Court; Jeffries flags Court 'cleanup' as Democrats eye reforms
  8. Supreme Court · Thu, Nov 5 · 5 PM CTAlito tells Fox News he is not retiring; midterms cloud any Trump Court vacancy
  9. Supreme Court · Thu, Nov 5 · 6 AM CTNext at the Court: Monday's Nielsen v. Watanabe could narrow, or end, lawsuits against federal officials
  10. Supreme Court · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court hears Texas death-penalty habeas case Guerrero v. Johnson
  11. Supreme Court · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Texas habeas case Guerrero v. Johnson today
  12. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court appears likely to side with Catholic preschools in Colorado case
  13. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Catholic preschools' challenge to Colorado's universal preschool rules today
  14. Supreme Court · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court opens its November sitting with Maxwell v. Dinis and Younge v. Fulton DA; the Catholic preschools case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, is argued Tuesday
  15. Supreme Court · Sun, Nov 1 · 6 AM CTNext at the Court: November sitting opens Monday, Nov. 2; the Colorado Catholic preschools' religious-liberty case is argued Election Day, Nov. 3
  16. Supreme Court · Sun, Nov 1 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: Big Bend border-wall request still awaiting an order after challengers' Oct. 29 response
  17. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Big Bend border-wall request fully briefed and awaiting a ruling; challengers say the waivers fail the major questions doctrine
  18. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 5 PM CTNext at the Court: November sitting opens Monday with Maxwell v. Dinis and Younge v. Fulton County DA; Catholic preschool case follows
  19. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTCalifornia noncitizen-ballot fight may be headed to the Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit rejects DOJ's bid a second time, 2-1
  20. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 31 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court opens its November sitting Monday; Catholic preschools' religious-discrimination case is argued on Election Day, Nov. 3
  21. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court opens its November sitting Monday; this week it left a Texas-DOJ deportation deal in place, and the Big Bend border-wall request is close to decision
  22. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 30 · 5 PM CTNov. 4 argument: Texas, backed by the Trump administration and 22 states, asks the justices to limit a death-row inmate's second habeas petition
  23. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 30 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court asks Hillary Clinton to respond to President Trump's petition to revive his 2016 lawsuit; response due Nov. 27
  24. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 30 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: November sitting opens Monday; Catholic preschool case is Tuesday; Big Bend border-wall request still pending
  25. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 29 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Big Bend challengers ask the justices to keep the halt on border-wall construction in place
  26. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 29 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court to hear Catholic preschools' religious-liberty challenge to Colorado's universal preschool rules on Nov. 3
  27. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 29 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: responses in the Big Bend border-wall fight are due today; no new orders since Tuesday; November sitting opens Monday
  28. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 28 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: no new orders Wednesday; November sitting opens Monday with a First Step Act habeas case and a Title VII procedure fight
  29. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 28 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: Herridge press-sources petition awaits a response due Nov. 6; Big Bend border-wall responses due Thursday; November sitting opens Monday
  30. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 27 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court refuses to revive Biden-era rule that let immigration judges pause deportation cases
  31. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 27 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: Sotomayor denies Louisiana's bid in Devon Energy case; Baltimore deportation fight still awaits an order; Big Bend responses due Thursday
  32. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 26 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Big Bend border-wall responses due Thursday; Baltimore deportation-pause fight fully briefed with no order yet; November sitting opens Nov. 2
  33. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 26 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court returns to the bench Nov. 2; Baltimore's request to block the Texas-DOJ deportation agreement is still pending
  34. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTFull 5th Circuit rules illegal immigrants never admitted to the U.S. have no constitutional right to bond hearings, ahead of a Supreme Court fight
  35. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 5 PM CTNo new Supreme Court orders since Oct. 21; Baltimore deportation-pause application still pending as Nov. 2 arguments near
  36. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTPreview: Catholic preschools shut out of Colorado's universal pre-K take their case to the Supreme Court on Election Day
  37. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 25 · 6 AM CTNo new Supreme Court orders over the weekend; Baltimore deportation-pause application still awaits action
  38. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTSwitchblade and body armor rulings raise gun-rights hopes ahead of the Supreme Court's Dec. 2 AR-15 argument
  39. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 5 PM CTNo new Supreme Court orders Saturday; immigration stay request still pending as justices prepare for Nov. 2 arguments
  40. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTTrump administration and Texas urge justices to keep their deal ending a Biden-era rule that let judges pause deportation cases
  41. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 24 · 6 AM CTNo new Court orders since Thursday; justices return to the bench Nov. 2, with a Catholic parish case on Nov. 3
  42. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 23 · 5 PM CTCook County and Connecticut urge the Supreme Court to uphold their AR-15 bans ahead of December arguments
  43. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 23 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court lets New Hampshire bar student IDs for voting in the midterms, for now
  44. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 23 · 6 AM CTTrump administration asks the Court to let Big Bend border wall construction resume
  45. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court denies stay; Florida executes William Reaves for 1986 killing of a deputy
  46. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 21 · 6 AM CTNext at the Court: November sitting opens Nov. 2; Catholic preschool religious-liberty case argued Nov. 3
  47. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTMahmoud Khalil asks the Supreme Court to let federal judges hear his detention challenge now
  48. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 20 · 6 AM CTFour justices step aside, leaving the Court without a quorum in a music copyright case; lower ruling stands
  49. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 19 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court takes up Asian-American parents' school admissions challenge and the 1868 federal ban on home distilling
  50. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 19 · 5 PM CTJustices turn away 9/11 plotters' plea-deal bid and fired NLRB member Wilcox; seek U.S. views on Iowa's illegal-reentry law
  51. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 19 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court releases an order list at 9:30 a.m. ET today; no arguments until the November sitting opens Nov. 2
  52. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 18 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court: Trump administration asks justices to limit courts' power to erase federal rules for everyone; orders due Monday
  53. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 18 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court: orders from Friday's private conference due Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET; November sitting opens Nov. 2
  54. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 17 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court quiet Saturday; next order list Monday as Alito, 76, says he is not retiring
  55. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 17 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court's next order list comes Monday; Catholic parish case St. Mary v. Roy set for Nov. 3
  56. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 16 · 5 PM CTTrump administration asks Supreme Court to limit judges' power to wipe out federal rules nationwide
  57. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 16 · 5 PM CTJustices appear unlikely to change deference to sentencing-guidelines commentary in gun-sentencing case
  58. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 16 · 6 AM CTNo new Supreme Court orders overnight; cities' bid to revive Biden deportation-pause rule still pending
  59. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 15 · 5 PM CTBaltimore and other cities ask Supreme Court to pause Texas-DOJ deal ending Biden deportation-pause rule
  60. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 15 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court pauses order forcing FCC to rule fast on discounted political ad rates for parties
  61. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 14 · 5 PM CTAfter Salazar argument, Court appears likely to let video-privacy suit against Paramount proceed
  62. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 14 · 6 AM CTToday at the Supreme Court: Salazar v. Paramount tests a 1988 video privacy law in the internet age
  63. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 14 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court takes up DOGE records fight and a "material support" for terrorism asylum case
  64. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 13 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court hears Salazar v. Paramount Wednesday on a 1987 video privacy law and online newsletters
  65. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 13 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court to weigh Wednesday whether a 1987 video privacy law covers online newsletters
  66. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 12 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court returns Tuesday with Beaird v. United States, a test of deference to sentencing commentary in a 17-round magazine case
  67. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 11 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court back on the bench Tuesday, Oct. 13, with Beaird v. United States; Salazar v. Paramount Global follows Wednesday
  68. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 10 · 5 PM CTTrump asks Supreme Court to revive his dismissed 2016-election lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and nearly $1 million in sanctions
  69. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 10 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court returns Tuesday, Oct. 13, to hear Beaird v. United States after Columbus Day
  70. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 9 · 5 PM CTNo new rulings today; the Supreme Court is off for Columbus Day and returns Tuesday, Oct. 13, to hear Beaird v. United States
  71. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 9 · 6 AM CTJustices meet today on 14 relisted petitions, including DOGE's FOIA fight and a Christian leafleter's free-speech case
  72. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 8 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court temporarily blocks a 4th Circuit order forcing the FCC to rule by Friday on campaign ad rates
  73. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 8 · 6 AM CTJustices meet Friday on 14 relisted petitions, including police wrecking innocent people’s property and a Christian leafleter’s free-speech case
  74. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 7 · 5 PM CTJustices question whether the Air Force’s Guam permit application can be challenged yet; Court returns Oct. 13
  75. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 7 · 6 AM CTToday: Justices hear the Air Force’s Guam weapons-disposal case on federal environmental review
  76. Supreme Court · Wed, Oct 7 · 6 AM CTIn the Boulder climate case, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor press whether the Court should decide it at all
  77. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 6 · 5 PM CTPeter Navarro asks the Supreme Court to review his contempt-of-Congress conviction
  78. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 6 · 5 PM CTPending before Justice Kagan: Washington girl wrestler seeks order so she isn’t matched against a male athlete
  79. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 6 · 5 PM CTNext at the Court: Wednesday’s argument on Air Force weapons disposal in Guam and federal environmental review
  80. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 6 · 6 AM CTJustice Kagan refuses to halt the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger before today’s closing
  81. Supreme Court · Tue, Oct 6 · 6 AM CTToday: Justices hear Intel 401(k) case on what workers must show to sue over retirement-plan investments
  82. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 5 · 5 PM CTJustices appear split over Boulder’s climate suit against oil companies on the term’s first day
  83. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 5 · 5 PM CTCourt turns away ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirt case, felon gun appeal and COVID vaccine-mandate challenges
  84. Supreme Court · Mon, Oct 5 · 6 AM CTToday: Court opens October Term 2026 with Boulder climate case and a veterans’ benefits challenge
  85. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 4 · 5 PM CTAlito says he weighed retiring this year but believes he ‘can still make a contribution’
  86. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 4 · 5 PM CTCourt opens term Monday at 9 a.m. CT: Suncor climate case first, guns and religious schools ahead
  87. Supreme Court · Sun, Oct 4 · 6 AM CTNo new weekend orders; term opens Monday with Suncor climate liability
  88. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 3 · 5 PM CTNo new weekend orders; term opens Monday with Suncor climate liability
  89. Supreme Court · Sat, Oct 3 · 6 AM CTNo new weekend orders; term opens Monday with Suncor climate liability and veterans case
  90. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 2 · 5 PM CTNo new orders Friday; Court opens Monday with Suncor climate liability and veterans case
  91. Supreme Court · Fri, Oct 2 · 6 AM CTCourt grants review in Kentucky grotto case; Suncor climate liability arguments Monday
  92. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 1 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court opens term Monday with Suncor climate-liability arguments; Alito not participating
  93. Supreme Court · Thu, Oct 1 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court vacates Pike stay; Tennessee’s lethal injection fails; Gov. Lee pauses remaining 2026 executions
  94. Supreme Court · Wed, Sep 30 · 5 PM CTNo new Court order Wednesday; third-country removal stay holds; Suncor still Oct. 5
  95. Supreme Court · Wed, Sep 30 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Supreme Court stay letting third-country removals resume holds overnight; December arguments set
  96. Supreme Court · Wed, Sep 30 · 6 AM CTNo new overnight Court order; Suncor climate case still set for Oct. 5 arguments
  97. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · Evening WrapEvening Wrap: Supreme Court stays third-country removals block; December arguments set
  98. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · Evening WrapEvening Wrap: No new BOP transgender-care order; Suncor arguments still Oct. 5
  99. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 9 PM CTUpdate: Supreme Court stay on third-country removals holds; December arguments still set
  100. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 9 PM CTUpdate: No new order on BOP transgender-care stay; Suncor still set for Oct. 5
  101. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court stays block on third-country removals and will hear the case in December
  102. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 5 PM CTUpdate: BOP transgender-care stay still pending; Suncor arguments remain Oct. 5
  103. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 2 PM CTUpdate: No new Court order Tuesday; BOP stay response still due Oct. 8; Suncor arguments Oct. 5
  104. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 12 PM CTUpdate: BOP transgender-care stay response due Oct. 8; Alito still out of Suncor
  105. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 10 AM CTTrump administration asks Court to pause order blocking BOP transgender-care ban
  106. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 10 AM CTUpdate: Alito still out of Suncor climate case; arguments Oct. 5
  107. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 6 AM CTJustice Alito will not participate in Suncor climate case set for Oct. 5
  108. Supreme Court · Tue, Sep 29 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Immigrants oppose third-country removal stay; Court has not ruled overnight
  109. Supreme Court · Mon, Sep 28 · 6 AM CTThird-country deportation response due today 4 p.m. EDT; no new overnight orders on docket
  110. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · Evening WrapEvening Wrap: No new Sunday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  111. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 9 PM CTNo new Sunday night orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  112. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 5 PM CTNo new Sunday evening orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  113. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 2 PM CTNo new Sunday afternoon orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  114. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 12 PM CTNo new Sunday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  115. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 10 AM CTNo new Sunday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  116. Supreme Court · Sun, Sep 27 · 6 AM CTNo new Sunday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  117. Supreme Court · Sat, Sep 26 · Evening WrapEvening Wrap: No new Saturday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  118. Supreme Court · Sat, Sep 26 · 9 PM CTNo new Saturday orders; third-country deportation response still due Monday 4 p.m. EDT
  119. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · Evening WrapSupreme Court, 6-3, clears the way for DHS SAVE citizenship checks of voters
  120. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · Evening WrapJustices, for a third time, keep Missouri on its 2022 congressional map
  121. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · Evening WrapAfter Friday’s orders, third-country deportation briefs still due Monday
  122. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 9 PM CTSupreme Court, for a third time, blocks Missouri's 2025 congressional map
  123. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 9 PM CTAfter Missouri order, third-country deportation response still due Monday
  124. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 5 PM CTAdministration asks justices to settle bond hearings for detained noncitizens with criminal records
  125. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 5 PM CTNo new Friday Court orders; third-country response and conference still Monday
  126. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 2 PM CTNo new Court orders Friday; third-country deportation response still due Monday
  127. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 12 PM CTSupreme Court, 6-3, lets DHS use SAVE database to verify voters' citizenship
  128. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 12 PM CTAdministration asks justices to restore third-country deportations
  129. Supreme Court · Fri, Sep 25 · 12 PM CTJustices hold first post-summer conference Monday; new term's arguments start Oct. 5