Supreme Court Term 2025-2026

We鈥檙e breaking down the cases we've asked the court to consider this term.

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574 Supreme Court Cases

Nance v. Ward
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022

Capital Punishment

Nance v. Ward

May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. 搂 1983 to challenge a state鈥檚 proposed method of execution as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment, when his proposed alternative method of execution is not presently authorized under the extant state law?
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022
Nance v. Ward

Capital Punishment

Nance v. Ward

May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. 搂 1983 to challenge a state鈥檚 proposed method of execution as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment, when his proposed alternative method of execution is not presently authorized under the extant state law?
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Shurtleff v. City of Boston
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022

Free Speech

Shurtleff v. City of Boston

For more than a decade, Boston has allowed nearly 300 private groups to temporarily fly their flags outside of City Hall. Did the city violate the First Amendment when it denied Camp Constitution鈥檚 request to fly its flag for a single hour because the flag has a religious symbol?
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022
Shurtleff v. City of Boston

Free Speech

Shurtleff v. City of Boston

For more than a decade, Boston has allowed nearly 300 private groups to temporarily fly their flags outside of City Hall. Did the city violate the First Amendment when it denied Camp Constitution鈥檚 request to fly its flag for a single hour because the flag has a religious symbol?
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Edgar v. Haines
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022

Free Speech

Edgar v. Haines

The 桃子视频and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on behalf of five former public servants challenging the government鈥檚 鈥減republication review鈥 system, which prohibits millions of current and former government employees from writing or speaking about topics related to their government service without first obtaining government approval.
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Edgar V. Haines. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022
Edgar v. Haines

Free Speech

Edgar v. Haines

The 桃子视频and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on behalf of five former public servants challenging the government鈥檚 鈥減republication review鈥 system, which prohibits millions of current and former government employees from writing or speaking about topics related to their government service without first obtaining government approval.
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Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022

Racial Justice

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Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.

Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.

Racial Justice

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Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.

Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
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Ramirez v. Collier
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022

Religious Liberty

Ramirez v. Collier

In a Supreme Court amicus brief filed by the 桃子视频and the law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, a group of spiritual leaders who have been present in the death chamber during executions and former high-level corrections officials who have collectively witnessed or overseen more than 50 executions argues that Texas should allow John H. Ramirez鈥檚 pastor to pray aloud and lay hands on him as he is executed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
Ramirez v. Collier

Religious Liberty

Ramirez v. Collier

In a Supreme Court amicus brief filed by the 桃子视频and the law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, a group of spiritual leaders who have been present in the death chamber during executions and former high-level corrections officials who have collectively witnessed or overseen more than 50 executions argues that Texas should allow John H. Ramirez鈥檚 pastor to pray aloud and lay hands on him as he is executed.
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How Do Terms Work?

Between October and late June or early July the Supreme Court is 鈥渋n session,鈥 meaning it hears oral arguments, issues written decisions, and decides whether to take additional cases.

Submitting petitions

Our legal team at the 桃子视频files a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, a type of petition that usually argues that a lower court has incorrectly decided an important question of law that violates civil rights and should be fixed to prevent similar confusion in similar cases.

term starts

U.S. Supreme Court decides to take a case

On average, the Court considers about 7,000 鈥 8,000 petitions each term and accepts about 80 for oral argument.

Oral arguments

This is the period where the U.S. Supreme Court listens to our case in court.

U.S. Supreme Court makes final decisions

While the U.S. Supreme Court makes decisions throughout the term, many are released right before the term ends. If a decision doesn't go in our favor, we fight back!