Supreme Court Has Agreed to Only 5 Cases This Term

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari to just five cases so far this term, nine fewer than the 2023 term and eight fewer than the 2022 term up to this point, reported Newsweek.

“Certiorari” is a legal term that refers to the process by which a party petitions the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision. The 2024 term started on Oct. 7.

The cases granted certiorari include two involving the Environmental Protection Agency as a defendant and another, Esteras v. United States, in which the court will address a circuit split over what factors judges can consider when sentencing a person for violating conditions of supervised release.

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