Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The October Term 2026 of FantasySCOTUS is now in session

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Reason · collected 2026-10-05 · by Josh Blackman

Quick Summary

This article announces the start of the eighteenth season of FantasySCOTUS, a platform launched in 2009 for predicting Supreme Court outcomes. The author invites users to sign up and make predictions on upcoming cases at FantasySCOTUS.net.
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Story summary

Professor Josh Blackman has opened the 18th Season of FantasySCOTUS, a website he launched in 2009 when he was clerking for the Supreme Court. The site allows thousands of court enthusiasts to make predictions about upcoming cases during the October Term 2026. Users can sign up on FantasySCOTUS.net to participate and predict outcomes of significant cases this term.

Written for “Supreme Court Simulation Season Starts” on 2026-10-05, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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Story

📰 Supreme Court Simulation Season Starts
Education · 1 article(s) covering the same event.

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Who wrote this

Josh Blackman
58 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 "But within a relatively short period of time, the thought occurred to me, and I think to the others in the majority, that this would endanger us.
🔮 He could have served in government, but he didn't.
🔮 (Southwick's already fragile reputation would be irreparably tarnished by such a move.)
🔮 The conduct caused disturbances that would have resulted in violence had law enforcement not intervened.
🔮 "It follows that if the underpinning is removed, the increasing professionalism will also disappear.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Todd Butler's Problematic Publications
🔮 In December 2017, I wrote in National Review that Republican-appointed judges should consider taking senior status so President Trump could fill those seats.
2026-10-01 · assertive framing · When Judges Pick Their Law Clerks As Replacements
🔮 Since he joined the Court, Roberts and his family would seek solace from the swamp at Hupper Island after the Court dismisses for the term.
🔮 Even if Congress were to enact a law clearly empowering Article III courts to vacate agency rules or regulations and automatically cause their erasure from the Code of Federal Regulations, vacatur would likely still be inconsistent with the limited nature of the judicial power and the non-delegability of core legislative power to the judiciary.
🔮 That is, Jackson could have given a week or longer, but that delay would have triggered an administrative stay.
🔮 Judge Stras offered some remarks at a pre-scheduled event at William & Mary:
2026-09-27 · assertive framing · A Few More Thoughts On The Missouri Ruling
Also by Josh Blackman
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Topics

Court FantasySCOTUS

Subjects

Court ORG · 1× FantasySCOTUS ORG · 1×

Narrative

Now, more than decade later, thousands of Court watchers have made their predictions.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

I am honored to open up the 18th Season of FantasySCOTUS. asserted
I → honor → FantasySCOTUS
I launched the site back in 2009 when I was still clerking. asserted
I → launch → 2009
Now, more than decade later, thousands of Court watchers have made their predictions. asserted
thousands → make → predictions
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