"The October 2025 term officially begins, as always, on the first Monday in October, and once more there is a strong sense that it is going to be a momentous year in the U.S. Supreme Court. Although the justices have been officially in recess since June 27, it was a summer filled with unprecedented activity on the court's emergency docket, as the justices considered the constitutionality of many actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration."
"Not surprisingly, there will be many cases this term that involve challenges to President Trump's unprecedented use of presidential powers. On Nov. 5, the justices will hear oral arguments in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections as to whether President Trump had the legal authority to impose tariffs on goods from foreign countries. Specifically, the issue before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which does not mention tariffs, nonetheless gives the president the power to impose them."
The Supreme Court opened its October 2025 term after a summer marked by intense emergency-docket activity reviewing actions by the Trump administration. The court issued several 6-3 shadow-docket rulings allowing the administration to remove agency heads, terminate NIH grants, and permit ICE racial-profiling stops in Los Angeles, each prompting strong liberal dissents. Over half of the term's docket is already set, with more cases to be added through mid-January and decided by June 2026. Major issues include multiple challenges to presidential powers, notably a Nov. 5 argument over whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes tariffs.
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