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FBI v. Fikre
United States v. Rahimi
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
Molina v. Book
McElrath v. Georgia
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer
Pulsifer v. United States
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
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All Cases
541 Supreme Court Cases
Daves v. Dallas County
Criminal Law Reform
Daves v. Dallas County
Brackeen v. Haaland
Brackeen v. Haaland
Danco Laboratories, LLC, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine; U.S. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Danco Laboratories, LLC, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine; U.S. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
Google v. Gonzalez LLC
Free Speech
Google v. Gonzalez LLC
How Do Terms Work?
Between October and late June or early July the Supreme Court is “in session,” meaning it hears oral arguments, issues written decisions, and decides whether to take additional cases.
Submitting petitions
Our legal team at the ACLU files a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, a type of petition that usually argues that a lower court has incorrectly decided an important question of law that violates civil rights and should be fixed to prevent similar confusion in similar cases.
U.S. Supreme Court decides to take a case
On average, the Court considers about 7,000 ‐ 8,000 petitions each term and accepts about 80 for oral argument.
Oral arguments
This is the period where the U.S. Supreme Court listens to our case in court.
U.S. Supreme Court makes final decisions
While the U.S. Supreme Court makes decisions throughout the term, many are released right before the term ends. If a decision doesn't go in our favor, we fight back!