Supreme Court 2025-2026 Term: Rightward Shift and Key Decisions
Key Questions
What key decisions marked the Supreme Court's 2025-2026 term?
The term featured conservative rulings on campaign finance, birthright citizenship, voting rights including upholding Mississippi's mail-in grace period, and checks on executive power. The Court also permitted states to enforce bans on transgender athletes in sports.
How might the NRSC v. FEC decision affect the 2026 midterms?
The decision is viewed as potentially more impactful than other rulings for campaign spending in the midterms. Analysis suggests it challenges assumptions about mail-in voting favoring one party.
What issues will the Supreme Court address in its next term?
The upcoming term includes cases on gun rights and voting. Broader analysis connects recent outcomes to race, history, and ongoing electoral implications.
The Supreme Court term ended with conservative rulings on campaign finance, birthright citizenship, voting rights (upholding Mississippi mail-in grace period and protecting mail voting for voters with disabilities in Watson v. RNC), and executive power checks on Trump. The Court also allowed states to enforce transgender athlete bans. Next term preview includes gun rights and voting cases. Recent analysis from Notre Dame law professors and a separate article on mail-in voting and campaign spending challenge assumptions that mail-in voting favors one party, and highlight the NRSC v. FEC decision as potentially more impactful for 2026 midterms. An AP synthesis framed the term around race, history, and law, connecting legal outcomes to broader electoral implications. The term signals a continued rightward shift with implications for upcoming elections.