The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Cases
UCLA Law faculty are available to discuss the Court's most consequential cases and decisions. Contact: media@law.ucla.edu or Carl Marziali at (213) 219-6347 / carl@lindavistapr.com or Geoffrey Baum at (213) 840-3870 / geoff@lindavistapr.com, or by email directly to the sources below
Cases are ordered by date of last or upcoming oral argument.
General SCOTUS analysis and 24-557 Villarreal v. Texas (right to counsel)
Argued Oct. 6, 2025
Stuart Banner is the author of The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States. As director of UCLA Law’s Supreme Court Clinic, he has represented parties in several recent cases, including arguing on behalf of the petitioner in Villarreal v. Texas, a case concerning whether prohibiting a defendant and his attorney from discussing testimony during an overnight recess violates the Sixth Amendment. Contact: banner@law.ucla.edu.
24-539 Chiles v. Salazar (conversion therapy)
Argued Oct. 7, 2025
Cary Franklin, faculty director of UCLA Law’s Williams Institute and of the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, focuses on constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and legal history. Her work traces the historical development of conceptions of equality in American law. Contact: franklin@law.ucla.edu or Rachel Dowd, dowd@law.ucla.edu or (310) 206-8982.
Elana Redfield is the federal policy director at the Williams Institute. She is an expert in federal and state policies that impact LGBTQ people, particularly transgender law and policy. Contact: Rachel Dowd, dowd@law.ucla.edu or (310) 206-8982.
24-109 Louisiana v. Callais (Voting Rights Act)
Argued Oct. 15, 2025
Richard Hasen is an internationally recognized expert on election law, legislation and statutory interpretation, remedies and torts. He directs UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project, a cross-disciplinary and bipartisan group of scholars and activists working to ensure that elections in the U.S. remain free and fair. Contact: hasen@law.ucla.edu.
24-1287 Learning Resources v. Trump (tariffs)
Argued Nov. 11, 2025
Kimberly Clausing, a professor of tax law and policy with the school’s Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, studies how government decisions and corporate behavior interplay in the global economy, with a focus on international trade and taxation, public finance, and climate policy. Contact: clausing@law.ucla.edu.
25-A312 Trump v. Cook and 25-332 Trump v. Slaughter (independence of federal agencies)
Trump v. Slaughter argued Dec. 8, 2025; Trump v. Cook set for oral arguments on Jan. 21, 2026
Jon Michaels is an authority on government ethics and conflicts of interest, bureaucracy and the regulatory state, and can discuss the separation of powers issues in these cases. Contact: michaels@law.ucla.edu.
24-621 National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (campaign finance)
Argued Dec. 9, 2025
Richard Hasen is an internationally recognized expert on election law, legislation and statutory interpretation, remedies and torts. He directs UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project, a cross-disciplinary and bipartisan group of scholars and activists working to ensure that elections in the U.S. remain free and fair. Contact: hasen@law.ucla.edu.
24-872 Hamm v. Smith (death penalty)
Argued Dec. 10, 2025
Sharon Dolovich, faculty director of the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program, is an expert on prison conditions and criminal punishment. Her work has examined the protections against cruel and unusual punishment afforded by the Eighth Amendment, among other issues. Contact: dolovich@law.ucla.edu.
24-38 Little v. Hecox and 24-43 West Virginia v. B.P.J. (transgender athletes)
Set for oral arguments on Jan. 13, 2026
Elana Redfield is the federal policy director at the Williams Institute. She is an expert in federal and state policies that impact LGBTQ people, particularly transgender law and policy. Contact: Rachel Dowd, dowd@law.ucla.edu or (310) 206-8982.
24-1046 Wolford v. Lopez and 24-1234 U.S. v. Hemani (gun rights)
Set for oral arguments on Jan. 20, 2026 and Mar. 2, 2026 respectively
Adam Winkler is an authority on American constitutional law, particularly the Second Amendment and constitutional rights and responsibilities. He is quoted frequently on gun rights and restrictions in connection with mass shootings and other issues relating to firearms. Contact: winkler@law.ucla.edu.
25-365 Trump v. Barbara and 25-5 Noem v. Al Otro Lado (birthright citizenship and asylum rights)
Oral arguments not yet scheduled
Ingrid Eagly is an expert in immigration law and the intersection between immigration enforcement and the criminal legal system. Her work explores topics including access to counsel in U.S. immigration courts, the role of counsel in advising noncitizens charged with crimes, immigrant detention, and barriers facing unaccompanied children. She is faculty co-director of the UCLA Law Criminal Law and Policy Consortium. Contact: eagly@law.ucla.edu.
Additional UCLA Law Experts
UCLA School of Law faculty are available to comment on a wide range of international and domestic legal issues shaping the current political landscape, including international law and the law of armed conflict, presidential and executive power, foreign relations law, election regulation, constitutional law, and federal–state relations.
Media Contacts: media@law.ucla.edu
Carl Marziali carl@lindavistapr.com
Geoffrey Baum geoff@lindavistapr.com