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

Salinas v. Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2013

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Salinas v. Texas

Whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits the prosecution from commenting at trial on a defendant鈥檚 silence when questioned by the police prior to Miranda warnings.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2013
Salinas v. Texas

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Salinas v. Texas

Whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits the prosecution from commenting at trial on a defendant鈥檚 silence when questioned by the police prior to Miranda warnings.
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McBurney v. Young
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2013

National Security

Free Speech

McBurney v. Young

Whether a state may limit access to its public records by allowing only its own citizens to use the state鈥檚 freedom of information law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2013
McBurney v. Young

National Security

Free Speech

McBurney v. Young

Whether a state may limit access to its public records by allowing only its own citizens to use the state鈥檚 freedom of information law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Alleyne v. United States

Whether the quantity of drugs involved in a crime must be decided by the jury before it can be the basis for a mandatory minimum sentence.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Alleyne v. United States

Whether the quantity of drugs involved in a crime must be decided by the jury before it can be the basis for a mandatory minimum sentence.
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Rumsfeld v. Padilla
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012

National Security

Smart Justice

Rumsfeld v. Padilla

Reviewing the President's authority to designate an American citizen an 'enemy combatant' and detain him indefinitely in an American military brig without charges, trial, or private access to counsel.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012
Rumsfeld v. Padilla

National Security

Smart Justice

Rumsfeld v. Padilla

Reviewing the President's authority to designate an American citizen an 'enemy combatant' and detain him indefinitely in an American military brig without charges, trial, or private access to counsel.
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NASA
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012

National Security

Privacy & Technology

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012
NASA

National Security

Privacy & Technology

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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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!