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Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term

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Isgur, S., French, D., & Howe, A. (2026, September 17). Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/looking-ahead-to-the-supreme-court-term/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-09-17 · by Sarah Isgur, David French, Amy Howe

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At the SCOTUSblog Summit, Sarah Isgur, David French, and Amy Howe discuss key cases scheduled for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term, focusing initially on a recent decision related to Trump’s mail-in voting case. The discussion includes an analysis of the legal implications of this decision and sets the stage for a preview of other significant cases that will be heard during the term.
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At the SCOTUSblog Summit, Sarah Isgur, David French, and Amy Howe discussed upcoming cases for the Supreme Court's 2026 term. They highlighted a significant case involving the Trump administration where the government is unlikely to succeed in challenging a district court’s preliminary injunction. The trio aimed to preview the term in an engaging manner rather than a formal briefing session. Sarah even encouraged David to make a Star Wars reference during their discussion, adding a lighter tone to the legal analysis.

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Sarah Isgur
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🔮 [applause] [chuckles] We will be doing our traditional term preview, where we try to go through the cases that are scheduled thus far, but in a fun way, and not just a death march through the schedule.
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2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term
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Amy Howe
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 [applause] [chuckles] We will be doing our traditional term preview, where we try to go through the cases that are scheduled thus far, but in a fun way, and not just a death march through the schedule.
2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

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Narrative

"The government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the district court's preliminary injunction, and the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this court do not favor a stay."
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-17
🔮 [applause] [chuckles] We will be doing our traditional term preview, where we try to go through the cases that are scheduled thus far, but in a fun way, and not just a death march through the schedule.
2026-09-17 · The Dispatch
Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 0 hedged)

From the SCOTUSblog Summit, Sarah Isgur, David French, and Amy Howe discuss the cases scheduled thus far for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. asserted
Isgur → discuss → term
The three discuss the most consequential case for the Trump administration, David throws in a Star Wars reference (at the behest of Sarah!), and Amy answers the most important case question correctly. asserted
Amy → discuss → question
The Agenda: –What’s still to come Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. asserted
Opinions → ’ → perspective
To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. asserted
access → access → articles
If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted
you → like → experience
I was born ready asserted
I → bear → ?
[applause] [chuckles] We will be doing our traditional term preview, where we try to go through the cases that are scheduled thus far, but in a fun way, and not just a death march through the schedule. asserted
that → do → schedule
We'll see if we succeed in that. asserted
we → see → that
So, let's do this. asserted
's → let → this
Now, David, before we get into the cases, we got an actual decision from the Supreme Court on Trump's mail-in voting case. asserted
we → get → case
Let me read you the decision. asserted
me → let → decision
"The government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the district court's preliminary injunction, and the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this court do not favor a stay." asserted
factors → succeed → stay
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