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Supreme Court to hear climate, AR-15, immigration cases

By Drooid · Oct 4, 2026, 3:54 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear climate, AR-15, and immigration cases this term.
The Court will decide Suncor v. Boulder County on suing firms for climate harms.
Viramontes v. Cook County challenges Illinois’s AR-15 ban under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. questions deportations to third countries without due process.
Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from the climate case, creating a possible 4-4 tie.

History

Historical Context

After the 2007 Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA confirmed the EPA’s power to treat greenhouse gases as air pollutants, the agency crafted the Clean Power Plan, aiming for a 32 percent emissions cut by 2030. Subsequent cases such as West Virginia v. EPA (2022) narrowed that authority, and the Court now reviews Suncor v. Boulder County and related climate, gun and immigration suits.

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Story summary

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear climate, AR-15, and immigration cases this term.
The Court will decide Suncor v. Boulder County on suing firms for climate harms.
Viramontes v. Cook County challenges Illinois’s AR-15 ban under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. questions deportations to third countries without due process.
Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from the climate case, creating a possible 4-4 tie.

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