U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments

81:27

Rutherford v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/12

A case in which the Court will decide whether district courts may consider sentencing disparities created by the First Step Act’s nonretroactive reduction of mandatory minimum penalties—which can result in defendants serving sentences decades longer than those imposed for identical conduct today—when determining whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under the compassionate release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

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81:33

Fernandez v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/12

A case in which the Court will decide whether a combination of “extraordinary and compelling reasons” that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) can include reasons that may also be alleged as grounds for vacatur of a sentence under 28 U.S.C. §2255.

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56:32

The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/10

A case in which the Court will decide whether an order denying a government contractor’s claim of derivative sovereign immunity under Yearsley v. W.A. Ross Construction Co. is immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine, which permits interlocutory appeals of certain non-final orders that conclusively determine important issues separate from the merits.

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110:49

Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/10

A case in which the Court will decide whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).

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159:03

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/05

A case in which the Court will decide whether the International Emergency Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 (“IEEPA”), permits the president to impose tariffs.

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159:03

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/05

A case in which the Court will decide whether the International Emergency Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 (“IEEPA”), permits the president to impose tariffs.

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35:43

Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/04

A case in which the Court will decide whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1) imposes any time limit to set aside a void default judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction.

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41:41

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/04

A case in which the Court will decide whether a federal court’s final judgment must be vacated if it is later determined that the case lacked complete diversity at the time of removal from state court, and whether a plaintiff can defeat diversity jurisdiction after removal by amending the complaint to assert a viable claim against a nondiverse defendant.

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54:34

Rico v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/03

A case in which the Court will decide whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies in the context of supervised release.

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89:59

Hencely v. Fluor Corporation

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/11/03

A case in which the Court will decide whether federal contractors enjoy immunity from state-law tort suits because they are integrated into combat operations, even when they violate military orders and contractual duties.

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150:02

Louisiana v. Callais

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/15

A case in which the Court will decide whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district constitutes unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, even when drawn in response to a federal court finding that the state’s prior single majority-Black district likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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75:01

Case v. Montana

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/15

A case in which the Court will decide whether law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring.

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64:17

Ellingburg v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/14

A case in which the Court will decide whether criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) is penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause.

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90:54

Bowe v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/14

A case in which the Court will decide (1) whether a rule requiring dismissal of repeat claims in state prisoner habeas petitions also applies to repeat claims in federal prisoner motions to vacate their sentences; and (2) whether it has jurisdiction to review lower court decisions allowing or denying federal prisoners permission to file repeat challenges to their sentences.

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66:54

United States Postal Service v. Konan

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/08

A case in which the Court will decide whether a claim that Postal Service employees intentionally refused to deliver mail to a designated address arises out of “the loss” or “miscarriage” of postal matter under the Federal Tort Claims Act’s postal-matter exception.

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103:43

Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/08

A case in which the Court will decide whether federal candidates have Article III standing to challenge state election laws that extend the deadline for receiving and counting mail-in ballots beyond Election Day when they allege vote dilution and increased campaign costs from monitoring extended ballot counting.

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84:44

Chiles v. Salazar

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/07

A case in which the Court will decide whether a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—i.e., attempts to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.

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61:54

Barrett v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/07

A case in which the Court will decide whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and (j).

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63:41

Berk v. Choy

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/06

A case in which the Court will decide whether a Delaware law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit must be applied in federal court.

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77:14

Villarreal v. Texas

U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments ·

2025/10/06

A case in which the Court will decide whether a trial court violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel by banning discussion of the defendant’s ongoing testimony with counsel during an overnight recess.

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