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At the Court
The Supreme Court on Monday added two cases to the oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term: a challenge to the process that a Maryland county uses to determine admissions to highly selective public magnet schools and a dispute over the constitutionality of the federal ban on home distilleries. It also denied review in several high-profile cases, including on plea deals for some of the men alleged to have planned the 9/11 attacks. For more on Monday’s order list, see the Morning Reads and On Site sections below.
Three cities and a group that provides legal services to immigrants have asked the Supreme Court to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that prevents enforcement of a Biden-era rule allowing immigration judges to pause certain deportation proceedings. Responses to the application are due on Thursday by 4 p.m. EDT.
On Sept. 28, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to implement its new policy on healthcare for transgender inmates, which would prevent such inmates from obtaining gender-transition surgeries, hormone therapy, and “social accommodations.” The dispute is now fully briefed, and the court’s decision could come at any time.