The Supreme Court may be done with oral arguments for the week, but you don’t have to be done listening to people discuss this term’s cases. SCOTUSblog’s Zach Shemtob is part of Pacific Legal Foundation’s virtual term preview event, which will take place today from noon to 1 p.m. EDT. Register here.
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On Wednesday, the justices heard oral argument in Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guåhan, a case on the interaction between two federal environmental laws that arose when the U.S. Air Force applied to renew its permit to dispose of munitions on a beach in northern Guam.
Also on Wednesday, the Supreme Court for a stay of execution from Jamaal Howard, who was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of Vickie Swartout. About an hour later, Howard was executed in Texas.
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On Sept. 28, the Trump administration brought a dispute over the Federal Bureau of Prison’s policy on healthcare and accommodations for transgender inmates to the interim docket. The court has asked the challengers to respond to this request by 4 p.m. EDT today.
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