Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (Argued 05/11/2020)

Do the First Amendment’s religion clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment-discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious employer, when the employee carried out important religious functions but was not otherwise a “minister”?

Advocates:
Eric C. Rassbach, for the petitioners
Morgan L. Ratner, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners
Jeffrey L. Fisher, for the respondents

McGirt v. Oklahoma (Argued 05/11/2020)

Can a state prosecute an enrolled member of the Creek Tribe for crimes committed within the historical Creek boundaries?

Advocates:
Ian H. Gershengorn, for the petitioner
Riyaz A. Kanji, for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioner
Mithun Mansinghani, for the respondent
Edwin S. Kneedler, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the respondent

Trump v. Vance (Argued 05/12/2020)

Does the Constitution permit a county prosecutor to subpoena a third-party custodian for the financial and tax records of a sitting president, over which the president has no claim of executive privilege?

Advocates:
Jay Alan Sekulow, for the petitioner
Noel J. Francisco, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioner
Carey R. Dunne, for the respondents

Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP (Argued 05/12/2020)

Does the Constitution prohibit subpoenas issued to Donald Trump’s accounting firm requiring it to provide non-privileged financial records relating to Trump (as a private citizen) and some of his businesses?

Advocates:
Patrick Strawbridge, for the petitioners
Jeffrey B. Wall, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners
Douglas N. Letter, for the respondents

Colorado Department of State v. Baca (Argued 05/13/2020)

1. Do the petitioners in this case, the presidential electors, have judicial standing to sue the state of Colorado over a law requiring them to vote in the Electoral College for the winner of the popular vote in that state?

2. Is that Colorado law unconstitutional?

Advocates:
Philip J. Weiser, for the petitioner
Jason Harrow, for the respondents

Chiafalo v. Washington (Argued 05/13/2020)

Does a state law requiring presidential electors to vote the way state law directs or else be subject to a fine violate the electors’ First Amendment rights?

Advocates:
Lawrence Lessig, for the petitioners
Noah Purcell, for the respondent