SCOTUS Term Round Up

Aug 19, 2026

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca recap the recent Supreme Court term and its implications for religious liberty. They break down the Court’s rulings on conversion therapy bans, religious rights for prisoners, and transgender sports bans in public schools. They also discuss the ever-expanding "shadow docket" and the Court’s alarming preference for deciding cases with no public hearing, briefing, or transparency. 

Cases

• Chiles v. Salazar

• SCOTUSblog

• Opinion

• Previous episode: “Conversion Therapy” at the Supreme Court

• Conversion “Therapy” Laws - Movement Advancement Project 

• Landor v. Louisiana

• SCOTUSblog

• Opinion

• Previous episode: Religion Behind Bars Reprise: Landor v. Louisiana

• Tanzin v. Tanvir (2020) 

• American Atheists Amicus

• City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

• West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox

• SCOTUSblog

• Opinion

• Previous episode: The Supreme Court Tackles Trans Sports Bans with Shiwali Patel

• Mirabelli v. Bonta

• SCOTUSblog

• Opinion

• Mahmoud v. Taylor (2025)

• Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana Application

• SCOTUSblog

• Grant of stay

• St. Mary Catholic v. Roy

• 10th Circuit Opinion

 

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