Scotus News
By Amy Howe
On February 24, 2025
At. 17.26
April is the last argument session in the Supreme Court’s annual period. (Katie Barlow)
The court period 2024-25 closes its planned oral arguments on April 30 with a Catholic online school’s efforts to become the country’s first religious charter school. Court’s April argument calendar, as it was released on Monday, contains several other significant social issues, including whether a group of Maryland parents can choose to have their children exempt from lessons about LGBTQ+-theme history books and a challenge for the delivery of affordable care ACT that requires coverage of, among other things, preventative medication, medication that prevents HIV infection.
The judges will hear 10 hours of oral arguments over six days from April 21 to April 30.
Here is a complete list of the cases planned for argument in April:
Kennedy v. Braidwood Management (April 21) – A Challenge to the Authority Care Act that health insurance companies provide coverage for medicine that can be very effective in preventing HIV infection, on the grounds that the public task force that makes recommendations for preventive medical services .
Parrish against the United States (April 21) – Whether a lawsuit submitting a notice of appeal after the time to do so has expired must submit another message when the time for appeal is reopened.
Mahmoud v. Taylor (April 22) – Whether requires children to participate in teaching that violates the religious beliefs of their parents violates the parent’s first right of amendment to freely exercise their religion.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch (April 22) – Questions about when a tax hearing becomes Moot – that is, no longer a living controversy.
Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA (April 23) – Whether fuel producers have a legal right to challenge an exception given to California by the general bar on the adoption of emissions from states.
AJT v. OSSEO area schools (April 28) – Whether children with disabilities claim discrimination in education must show that school officials acted with “poor faith or rough administration” or instead face a less strict standard.
Soto against the United States (April 28) – A technical question regarding compensation for veterans.
Martin against the United States (April 29) -Whether a Georgia family, whose home was mistakenly attacked by a FBI SWAT team, may sue the federal government for the error.
Laboratory Corp. of America against Davis (April 29) – Whether a federal court can certify a case as a class case when some of its members have not been injured.
Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond (Consolidated with St. Isidore from Sevilla School v. Drummond) (April 30) -Why Oklahoma violates the first change’s guarantee of the free exercise of religion when it excludes privately that drives religious charter schools from the state’s charter school program because they are religious.
This article was originally published on Howe on the field.
