Today marks 21 years since Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in.
At the Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court that Justice Samuel Alito will not continue to participate in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a significant climate change case that will be argued next Monday. Learn more about the recusal in the On Site section below.
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Also on Monday, the Trump administration brought a dispute over the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ policy on healthcare and accommodations for transgender inmates to the Supreme Court’s interim docket. For more on the case, see the On Site section.
Earlier on Monday, the justices met for the annual “long conference” to consider petitions for review that built up during the summer recess. We are expecting the court to release a list of the cases granted during the conference later this week.
On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a battle over third-country removals – that is, the removal of noncitizens to countries not identified in their removal orders. On Monday, the challengers to that request. Find Amy’s coverage of the new filing in the On Site section.
We’re now less than one week away from the official start of the 2026-27 term on Monday, Oct. 5. The justices will hear two oral arguments that day.
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