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.
The justices are weighing whether federal law blocks state-law claims seeking damages from energy companies for climate change. The term ahead includes assault-weapons bans, voter ID and religious schools.
The Supreme Court began its 2026-27 term on Monday, October 5, with arguments in Suncor Energy v. Commissioners of Boulder County, in which Boulder County and the city of Boulder, Colorado, are suing Suncor and ExxonMobil under state law over the local costs of climate change, SCOTUSblog and NPR report. The question is whether federal law bars state-law claims seeking relief for injuries said to be caused by worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions, and whether the court can hear the case at this stage.
The ruling follows the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the president's appeal of the 2023 verdict.
A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday, July 8, that writer E. Jean Carroll can collect the damages a jury awarded her against President Trump, after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of the 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, The Wall Street Journal reports. The jury had awarded her $5 million; the money, about $5.8 million with interest, had been held in escrow during the appeal, according to Democracy Now.
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