CAC 13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court Event April 30

On Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Constitutional Accountability Center will host a virtual panel of legal experts as they discuss some of the most significant cases of this Supreme Court Term, as well as take questions from the audience. 

This year’s Home Stretch at the Supreme Court panel discussion will be moderated by Law Dork’s Chris Geidner, and will feature an all-star panel of legal experts, including Kelsi Brown Corkran, Supreme Court Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection and Senior Lecturer at Georgetown University Law Center; Easha Anand, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School; Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law and the faculty director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at New York University School of Law; Jennifer Bennett, Principal of Gupta Wessler LLP; and CAC’s own Chief Counsel Brianne Gorod. Opening remarks for the event will be given by CAC President Elizabeth Wydra. Register here.

Supreme Court Hearings 2026 April Schedule 

Here's a schedule of upcoming hearings in 2026 that Courts Matter Illinois is monitoring:

BONDI, ATT"Y GEN. v. LAU, April 22

CHATRIE v. UNITED STATES, April 27

MONSANTO CO. v. DURNELL, April 27

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. v. DOE I, April 28

HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. v. AMARIN PHARMA, INC., April 29

MULLIN v. DOE, April 29

Visit our SCOTUS Page for more details. Oral arguments occur at 9AM Central. Listen in here.  

Senate Judiciary Committee

Weekly Wrap Up: As of Apr. 17

Congress is back and hit the ground running although, to quote Lewis Carroll, “...here…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place.” 

The Senate and House, once again, failed to muster enough votes to pass a resolution limiting President Trump’s ability to continue the war in Iran. And, with prospects still dim for ending a nearly two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans discussed using the budget reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement without the need for Democratic votes. 

In addition, two members of the House resigned — Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), facing possible expulsion votes based on disturbing allegations of sexual assault. 

If there was movement at all, it was on judicial confirmations as the Senate voted to confirm Thomas Shepherd to the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (53-46) and Christopher Wolfe to the District Court for the Western District of Texas (53-47). They also invoked cloture on the nomination of Andrew Davis to the District Court for the Western District of Texas (49-48).

Over at the White House, via Truth Social, Trump announced several new nominations: Benjamin Flowers, former Solicitor General of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit Court; Matthew Schwartz, Trump’s personal lawyer in the Stormy Daniels case, to the Second Circuit Court; Jeffrey Kuntz to the District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Mike Hendershot to the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; and Arthur “Rob” Jones and John Marck to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas. 

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