Here's the March 2026 lineup of casess that Courts Matter Illinois will be monitoring. (This is not a full list of all cases in front of the Court).

ABOUAMMO v. UNITED STATES, Mar. 30

This is a case in which the Court will hear oral arguments about the importance of place/venue in bringing charges.

The question before the Supreme Court is: Is venue proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, so long as the statute’s intent element “contemplates” effects that could occur there?

PITCHFORD v. CAIN, Mar. 31

This is a case in which the Court will hear oral arguments about racial bias in jury selection.

The question before the Supreme Court is: Did the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably decide—under the standards set by federal habeas law—that Terry Pitchford gave up his right to argue that the prosecutor’s explanations for striking four Black jurors were false or racially biased?

TRUMP v. BARBARA, Apr. 1

This is a case in which the Court will hear oral arguments about the legality of birthright citizenship.

The question before the Supreme Court is: Is a presidential executive order denying U.S. birthright citizenship to children born in the United States because their parents are unlawfully present or in the country on temporary visas consistent with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

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