Does the Supreme Court have to issue its rulings before the term ends?

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“To the best of my knowledge, the Supreme Court has always ruled on all cases heard within a term before ending that term. But have there been any exceptions? Could SCOTUS have simply recessed this term and gone on vacation without issuing a ruling on the presidential immunity case?” — Lauren T., Glen Ellen, Calif. Hi Lauren, The court usually rules in all cases before ending the term. The justices aren’t required to do so — that’s just almost always what happens. But there have been exceptions.

In retrospect, as this term most recently showed, those were merely the early days of the Roberts Court’s reshaping of the law that has aligned with Republican interests. A more recent, less shady example of not deciding an appeal in the normal course came in 2019 in an important case about Native American tribal sovereignty called Carpenter v. Murphy.

 

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