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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam
Whether immigrants are entitled to seek judicial review of their “expedited removal” orders in federal court.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
LGBTQ Rights
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens
Aimee Stephens had worked for nearly six years as a funeral director at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes when she informed the funeral home’s owner that she is a transgender woman. She was fired, the EEOC sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Aimee’s employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she’s transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2020
Civil Liberties
Trump v. Vance
Whether President Trump should comply with a grandy jury subpoena and hand over his personal finance documents.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2020
Religious Liberty
Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania and New Jersey/Trump v. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Whether the government had statutory authority under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2020
Civil Liberties
Trump v. Mazars/Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG
Whether President Trump should comply with congressional subpoenas and hand over his personal finance documents.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
LGBTQ Rights
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
Don Zarda loved to skydive. He worked as a skydiving instructor at Altitude Express, a company on Long Island, N.Y. He was fired for being gay.
All Cases
17 Supreme Court Cases during the 2019 Term
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2019
Reproductive Freedom
June Medical Services v. Russo
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s decision upholding Louisiana’s law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with the Supreme Court’s binding precedent in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, where the Court invalidated a similar statute in Texas in 2016.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2019
Reproductive Freedom
June Medical Services v. Russo
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s decision upholding Louisiana’s law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with the Supreme Court’s binding precedent in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, where the Court invalidated a similar statute in Texas in 2016.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2019
Religious Liberty
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Whether the U.S. Constitution forces states to fund religious education in violation of longstanding state constitutional rules barring taxpayer support for religious activities.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2019
Religious Liberty
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Whether the U.S. Constitution forces states to fund religious education in violation of longstanding state constitutional rules barring taxpayer support for religious activities.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Free Speech
Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org
Whether, under the First Amendment, the government can copyright government materials that lack the force of law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Free Speech
Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org
Whether, under the First Amendment, the government can copyright government materials that lack the force of law.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
Whether the federal courts are precluded from reviewing the lawfulness of the federal government’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program under the Administrative Procedure Act because the decision is one that is “committed to agency discretion by law”?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
Whether the federal courts are precluded from reviewing the lawfulness of the federal government’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program under the Administrative Procedure Act because the decision is one that is “committed to agency discretion by law”?
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Criminal Law Reform
Torres v. Madrid
Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
Criminal Law Reform
Torres v. Madrid
Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
How Do Terms Work?
Between October and late June or early July the Supreme Court is “in session,” meaning it hears oral arguments, issues written decisions, and decides whether to take additional cases.
Submitting petitions
Our legal team at the ACLU 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 ‐ 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!