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SCOTUStoday for Monday, October 6
By Kelsey Dallas, on Oct 6, 2025
It’s the first Monday in October, and since 1917, that’s meant the Supreme Court is back in session. However, over the past 108 years, the justices haven’t always heard cases on the first Monday in October, as they will today. “Prior to World War II, the first day at court was mostly ceremonial and included a visit to the White House to see the President,” according to the National Constitution Center.
Morning Reads
- Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review (Michael Casey and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press) — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump cannot enforce his executive order that ended “automatic citizenship for the children of people in the country illegally or temporarily,” according to the Associated Press. Four other courts had previously “issued or upheld” similar decisions this summer, prompting the Trump administration to seek Supreme Court review of the birthright citizenship order in two of those cases. In a Friday statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson criticized the 1st Circuit’s decision and “said the administration looked forward to ‘being vindicated by the Supreme Court.’”
- Justice Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison (Mattathias Schwartz, The New York Times) — U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Sophie Roske, “charged under her legal name, Nicholas J. Roske,” “to just over eight years — 97 months — in prison on Friday for a 2022 attempt to assassinate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh,” according to The New York Times. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of at least 30 years. “Judge Boardman’s explanation of her sentence restated some of the arguments made by Ms. Roske’s attorneys, who said that a lesser sentence was warranted because Ms. Roske, who had no prior criminal history, had abandoned her plan at the final moment, surrendered to authorities, told them about the plot and was genuinely remorseful.” Boardman also said “that a lower sentence was warranted because of an executive order issued by President Trump mandating that transgender women be held at male-only federal facilities, which she said could interfere with her continuing to receive gender transition care.”
- As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares “I’m not afraid” (Jan Crawford, CBS News) — After Friday’s sentencing, Jan Crawford at CBS News reflected a conversation she had with Justice Amy Coney Barrett about security concerns, recalling Barrett’s assertion that she’s “not afraid.” “You can’t live your life in fear,” Barrett said. “And I think people who threaten — the goal is to cause fear. And I’m not afraid. I’m not going to reward threats with their intended reaction.” She added that she’s learned to tune out criticism because criticism is inevitable. “I just think you have to know who you are,” Barrett said, “and make decisions that you decide are right, and stick with your priorities and not worry about the feedback you get from others, whether it’s negative or whether it’s positive.”
- Justice Samuel Alito says he is not calling for same-sex marriage ruling to be overturned (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) — Justice Samuel Alito on Friday addressed the court’s 2022 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, explaining that he doesn’t feel that it put “other key decisions … in the firing line,” according to NBC News. Specifically, he said that the 2022 ruling was not meant to “disturb” the court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, which was challenged in a recent cert petition. “In commenting on Obergefell, I am not suggesting that the decision in that case should be overruled,” he said.
- Nevada Supreme Court denies NFL rehearing in Jon Gruden case (Bob Harkins, The Athletic) — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday denied the National Football League’s request to reconsider its ruling in favor of former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden. The August ruling said that Gruden’s lawsuit against the league could go to public trial instead of “into the league’s arbitration process,” according to The Athletic. In the lawsuit, Gruden accuses the league of intentionally leaking emails in which he used “racist, homophobic and sexist” language as part of a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” against him. The NFL could appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
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