SCOTUSblog tracked a Monday order list from the Supreme Court that added a case to the 2026-27 oral argument docket and denied several noteworthy cases. The justices also identified Thursday as an opinion day and will meet in private conference after the opinions are announced.
That order list came alongside another set of pending matters the Court had already been moving. Over the past four months, the justices rescheduled President Donald Trump’s petition 14 more times, after it was first set for consideration in February.
Trump and E. Jean Carroll
Trump asked the Supreme Court late last year to consider his effort to overturn a federal jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll. The petition was one of the matters repeatedly pushed back, and reported that only one other case has been rescheduled as often in the current term.
The repeated rescheduling left the petition in the Court’s private conference process, where the justices discuss cases and vote on petitions for review. That is the stage the Court will return to after the opinions scheduled for Thursday.
Roske’s October sentence
The Monday order list also sits against the Court’s recent handling of another high-profile matter involving Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In October 2025, Sophie Roske was sentenced to eight years in prison after bringing a gun to Kavanaugh’s house, abandoning the attack plan, walking away and calling the police.
The Justice Department had sought at least 30 years after Roske pleaded guilty. District Judge Deborah Boardman imposed eight years and said a terrorism enhancement was never intended to apply equally across all terrorism cases.
Boardman said Roske acted alone and was not part of any terrorist organization. She also said Roske did not have a manifesto and ultimately decided against committing violence and self-reported.
Clarence Thomas and vacancies
Law reported that some judges appear to be positioning themselves as attractive candidates for a possible Supreme Court vacancy, and it quoted John Malcolm saying, “The only people who would be considered, I think, would be a Trump-appointed judge, and the Trump-appointed judges are going to have their contacts in the administration.” The reporting said John Sauer and Andrew Oldham are among those who have been discussed.
The Court also noted Clarence Thomas’s birthday, with his record now tied to 1948 and to service on the Supreme Court since 1991. He is the second-longest-serving justice of all time, and Monday’s order list showed the Court continuing to shape both its current docket and its future one at the same time.
