The Supreme Court on Tuesday released its final oral argument calendar of the year, outlining the remaining cases for the nine-member court’s deliberations throughout the month of April.
Oral arguments will pick back up on April 18 with two cases, United States v. Washington and Siegel v. Fitzgerald. The first case concerns state workers’ compensation laws and intergovernmental immunity, while the latter considers “whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee districts.”
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On April 19, the court will hear George v. McDonough, weighing whether a “clear and unmistakable error” occurred when the VA relied on later-overturned regulations to deny a disability claim. Also on that date, justices will be presented with Kemp v. United States and determine whether a federal rule of civil procedure “authorizes relief based on a district court’s error of law.”
On April 20, the court will be presented Vega v. Tekoh, which calls to question whether a plaintiff may state a claim for relief against a law enforcement officer “simply on an officer’s failure to provide the warnings prescribed” in Miranda v. Arizona, the landmark decision that protects the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
April 25 marks the beginning of a week when the court will hear three high-profile cases, starting with Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which surrounds a First Amendment dispute over a Washington state high school football coach who was placed on leave for leading postgame prayers on the field.
The following day, April 26, justices will take up the case Biden v. Texas, which surrounds whether President Joe Biden’s administration can block the previous administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
Justices will conclude their arguments for the term on April 27, when they hear Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, an examination of the scope of the court’s 2020 ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma. Justices will determine “whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.”
The high court will hear two additional cases in its final week of oral arguments, including Nance v. Ward on April 25 and Shoop v. Twyford on April 26, which both concern the scope of death-row prisoners’ access to the federal courts in litigating the constitutionality of their convictions and sentences or the methods by which states seek to execute them.
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The Supreme Court has already heard arguments in cases this term pertaining to hot-button issues over whether to strike down a decades-old New York law that plaintiffs say makes it difficult for gun-owning residents to obtain concealed carry permits for self-defense and whether to uphold restrictive abortion laws in states including Texas and Mississippi. Decisions over these cases are expected between now and June.
