A new Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights
Justices will weigh whether state and local governments can seek damages from fossil fuel companies, while also hearing major cases on immigration and gun rights.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court formally opens its 2026 October Term with 30 cases scheduled, including major decisions on climate change, gun rights, immigration, and religious liberty.
- Boulder, Colorado sued Suncor Energy Inc. in 2018, alleging the energy company deceived the public about fossil fuel impacts and caused climate-related harm to residents and local infrastructure.
- Justices will hear arguments Monday on whether state bans on semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15 violate the Second Amendment, with lawyer Erin Murphy arguing, "The single most important question is who gets to decide what guns you have."
- The court will review the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy requiring all immigrants arrested inside the U.S. to be held without bond hearings and its third-country deportation practice.
- Georgetown University law professor Stephen Vladeck observes the "shadow docket" has transformed operations: "So now we have twice as many full court rulings on emergency applications as we have on the merits docket. That is a very new phenomenon.
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