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

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores & Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2014

Religious Liberty

Reproductive Freedom

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores & Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell

Whether for-profit business corporations are entitled to an exemption under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from the general requirement that employer health plans include coverage for contraceptive care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2014
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores & Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell

Religious Liberty

Reproductive Freedom

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores & Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell

Whether for-profit business corporations are entitled to an exemption under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from the general requirement that employer health plans include coverage for contraceptive care.
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Free Speech
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014

Free Speech

Elonis v. United States

Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014
Free Speech

Free Speech

Elonis v. United States

Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.
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McCullen v. Coakley
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Free Speech

Reproductive Freedom

McCullen v. Coakley

Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
McCullen v. Coakley

Free Speech

Reproductive Freedom

McCullen v. Coakley

Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.
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Riley v. California
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Criminal Law Reform

Riley v. California

Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of a cell phone seized from a suspect incident to arrest.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Riley v. California

Criminal Law Reform

Riley v. California

Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of a cell phone seized from a suspect incident to arrest.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Heien v. North Carolina

Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Heien v. North Carolina

Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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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!