Supreme Court Opens Its November Sitting, Including a Colorado Preschool Case
The justices hear seven cases over nine days, starting with a federal prisoner's challenge over early-release credits and, on Tuesday, Catholic preschools' challenge to Colorado's universal preschool rules.
The Supreme Court began its November argument session on Monday, November 2, and will hear seven cases through November 10, according to the court's argument calendar.
Monday's cases were Maxwell v. Dinis, on whether a federal prisoner can use the habeas statute to challenge the Bureau of Prisons' refusal to speed his transfer to a halfway house or home confinement under First Step Act time credits, and Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, a pregnancy discrimination case about whether a defendant may raise a defense late in a lawsuit that it didn't plead earlier.
On Tuesday the court hears St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, in which Catholic preschools challenge their exclusion from Colorado's universal preschool program. The state requires participating providers to accept families regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity; the preschools say their religious beliefs prevent them from doing so and that the exclusion violates the First Amendment. Wednesday's case is Guerrero v. Johnson, a habeas case. Arguments continue November 9 and 10, and decisions in this term's cases typically come by the end of June. The court posts argument audio and same-day transcripts on its website.
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