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Next at the Court: November sitting opens Monday, Nov. 2; the Colorado Catholic preschools' religious-liberty case is argued Election Day, Nov. 3
On Monday the justices hear Maxwell v. Dinis, on a federal inmate's use of the habeas statute to challenge the Bureau of Prisons' refusal to speed his transfer to a halfway house or home confinement, and Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia, on raising an affirmative defense at summary judgment, SCOTUSblog reported. On Nov. 3 the Court hears the Catholic preschools' challenge to their exclusion from Colorado's universal preschool program, which they say is religious discrimination; Colorado says they remain welcome if they follow the same equal-opportunity rules as other publicly funded preschools, SCOTUSblog reported. The Archdiocese of Denver, two parishes and two parents are the challengers; the 10th Circuit ruled for the state.
- SCOTUSblogThe November argument session begins on Monday
- SCOTUSblogCourt to hear argument in religious discrimination challenge brought by Catholic preschools in Colorado