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Featured
Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam
LGBTQ Rights
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens
Civil Liberties
Trump v. Vance
Religious Liberty
Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania and New Jersey/Trump v. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Civil Liberties
Trump v. Mazars/Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG
LGBTQ Rights
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
All Cases
17 Supreme Court Cases during the 2019 Term
Immigrants' Rights
Ovalles v. Barr & Guerrero-LaSprilla v. Barr
Immigrants' Rights
Ovalles v. Barr & Guerrero-LaSprilla v. Barr
Juvenile Justice
Mathena v. Malvo
Juvenile Justice
Mathena v. Malvo
Capital Punishment
McKinney v. Arizona
Capital Punishment
McKinney v. Arizona
Racial Justice
Voting Rights
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC
Racial Justice
Voting Rights
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC
Immigrants' Rights
Hernandez v. Mesa
Immigrants' Rights
Hernandez v. Mesa
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.
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!