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SALIENT AND NONSALIENT CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION CYCLE – May 19, 2025
The Supreme Court releases its most hot-button “salient” rulings (on important issues that receive ample media attention) in June, the effective end of the term. From November to May, most the Court’s rulings are not as salient as the June rulings. In this Court Report, Supreme Court expert Brandon Bartels breaks down these issues in recent historical context and also analyzes some of the nonsalient rulings that have been released so far during the 2024–25 term. Many of these nonsalient cases involve technical and procedural issues and are not marked by the types of ideological divisions and close votes typically seen in June.
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