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Criminal cases coming in the new term – and why the court could and should do more (opens the original)
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As many SCOTUSblog readers are likely aware, there are some blockbuster criminal law cases set for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. Bans on AR-15 and similar semi-automatic rifles. Whether juries in criminal cases must always be 12 persons. Whether seizing a plane for the unlawful transport of a six-pack of beer is an unconstitutional “excessive fine.” In fact, 11 of the 25 cases already granted for review are, by my calculation, criminal law and related (what I call the court’s “CLAR” cases).
The orders docket, why it matters, and this term’s criminal law orders (opens the original)
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The Supreme Court divides its website for official writings by the justices into two main parts: “Opinions of the Court” and “Opinions Relating to Orders.” (The court also maintains another website location that is seldom used today, entitled “In-Chambers Opinions” – it contains nothing at all since March 2024.) Contrary to public perception, there is no formal “emergency” or “interim” docket in the court’s public presentation. It’s time to acknowledge this “Orders docket” as it exists in full,
Completing the picture of the court’s criminal law term (opens the original)
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As a resource for court observers interested in criminal law, this column completes (together with my prior column) my listing of criminal law and related cases decided by the court this term. Below you will find a list of 19 merits cases the court decided this term that I think are broadly related to criminal law topics – as well as six more criminal law summary dispositions. A full listing of all the criminal law merits cases decided in a term allows readers to look at the entire forest in add
The court’s criminal law term: overview and observations (opens the original)
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Approximately two weeks after the final opinion of the 57 argued cases decided by the Supreme Court in the October 2025-26 Term was filed, this column presents an overview of the “pure” criminal law decisions the court issued. By my characterization, there were 16 (or 17) “pure” criminal law cases decided after full briefing and argument since last October. This number (16) represents 28% of the court’s total 57 argued cases. (If you count First Choice v. Davenport, a civil case finding standing
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