Overview

• The Court’s October session spans five days with ten arguments, and the November term covers five days with nine cases.
• Louisiana v. Callais will be reargued on Oct. 15 after the justices asked parties to brief whether adding a second majority-Black district violates the Constitution.
• Chiles v. Salazar is scheduled for Oct. 7 to review a federal appeals court’s ruling that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy regulates the health-care profession rather than speech.
• In Hamm v. Smith on Nov. 4, the justices will consider how courts should assess intellectual-disability claims when defendants submit multiple IQ scores in death-penalty appeals.
• The broader docket also includes disputes over attorney-client consultation rights, mail-in ballot challenges and emergency warrant-exceptions, reflecting a term focused on voting rights and criminal-procedure issues.