Supreme Court Begins New Term with Order List, Oral Arguments

It’s the first Monday in October, which means it’s the first day of a new Supreme Court term. Amy commented on what to watch in the months ahead in an interview with PBS News . The Supreme Court will release an order list this morning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. It’s expected to include a lengthy list of petitions denied during last week’s long conference . The justices will hear argument today in two cases: Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County , on whether a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court seeking to hold energy companies responsible for their alleged role in climate change can go forward , or whether federal law instead bars such claims; and Johnson v. United States Congress , on whether a federal district court may hear a constitutional challenge to a law limiting disability benefits for certain incarcerated veterans. The first oral argument is set to begin at 10 a.m. EDT. Tomorrow, the justices will hear argument in Anderson v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee , a dispute under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act on how to handle claims that employers have invested employees’ retirement funds imprudently. On Sept. 28, the Trump administration brought a dispute over the Federal Bureau of Prison’s policy on healthcare and accommodations for transgender inmates to the interim docket. The court has asked the challengers to respond to this request by 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday. Kelsey Dallas is SCOTUSblog's managing editor and the primary author of the SCOTUStoday newsletter. Nora is an editorial assistant at SCOTUSblog, based in Washington, D.C. Recommended Citation: Kelsey Dallas & Nora Collins , The first Monday in October , SCOTUSblog ( Oct. 5, 2026, 9:00 AM ), https://www.scotusblog.com /2026/10/the-first-monday-in-october/