The Supreme Court’s next term will begin in October with major cases about costly climate change lawsuits and immigration. [some emphasis, links added]
The high court announced the cases it will hear in the first month of its upcoming term, as the justices remain off the bench for their annual summer break.
The Supreme Court will return Oct. 5, when it hears arguments in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County and Johnson v. United States Congress, a case about a veterans’ benefits dispute.
The Suncor Energy case will see the justices decide whether a lawsuit brought by Boulder County, Colorado, seeking to hold oil companies accountable for their alleged role in global climate change, may proceed.
The case is expected to have sweeping ramifications for similar lawsuits that climate activists and Democratic-led jurisdictions have attempted to bring against oil companies, either allowing [the cases] to proceed or shutting them down, as barred by federal law.
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All of the high court’s decisions in the cases argued next term are expected to be delivered by the end of June 2027.
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