U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel – 2025-26 Term 

Join four of the Law School’s distinguished faculty experts for a panel discussion previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term. 

The panelists will offer their insights into some of the major cases on the 2025-26 docket. Prof. Kristin Hickman will kick off the program with a brief introduction, followed by the panel discussion. An audience Q&A will follow. 

Cases

Panelists will focus on the following cases, while remaining subject to change: 

• Trump v. Wilcox
• Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees
• Little v. Hecox (24-38)
• West Virginia v. B.P.J (24-43)
• Rutherford v. United States (24-820)
• Carter v. United States (24-860)

Meet the Panelists

• Kristin Hickman, moderator
  McKnight Presidential Professor in Law
  Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life
  Expertise: Administrative Law, Business Law, Federal Taxation, Statutory Interpretation, Tax Law, and Tax Policy
• Nicholas Bednar '16
  Associate Professor of Law
  Expertise: Administrative Law and Immigration Law
• June Carbone
  Robina Chair in Law, Science, and Technology
  Expertise: Assisted Reproduction, Bioethics, Family Law, Medicine and Law, and Property Law
• Sam J. Merchant
  Associate Professor of Law
  Expertise: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Sentencing