Washington, D.C. – As the calendar flips over to June, the U.S. Supreme Court still has a heap of cases to decide on issues ranging from trademark registration rules to judicial deference and presidential immunity, setting the first month of summer up to be full of blockbuster opinions.
The justices are expected to deliver at least 30 more opinions by the end of the month, although that number could jump to 32 if the court decides to write separately in a few cases that aren’t consolidated but deal with the same topic. It’s the third term in a row where 30 or more cases are still pending come the first day of June.
At this time in the 2021 term, the Supreme Court still had 32 opinions to issue, and in the 2022 term, the justices needed to deliver 30 before their July 4th break, according to data maintained by Law360.
Those terms each had several landmark decisions handed down in June that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, limited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, expanded the Second Amendment, vindicated religious business owners’ right to refuse service, and prohibited universities from using affirmative action in admission decisions.
