Annual Supreme Court Review and Preview

January 2026
Citation:
56
ELR 10005
Issue
1
Author
Jay Austin, Gerald Torres, Sharon Jacobs, and Patrick Parenteau

The U.S. Supreme Court’s October Term 2024 again had major implications for environmental and administrative law, as do an extraordinary number of cases both decided and still pending on its emergency docket. On September 30, 2025, the Environmental Law Institute hosted a panel of experts who provided an overview of key rulings and major takeaways from the Court’s term, and discussed cases that have been granted review or are likely to be considered by the justices in the upcoming term. Here, we present a transcript of that discussion, which has been edited for style, clarity, and space considerations.

Jay Austin (moderator) is a Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law Institute and Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Law Reporter. Gerald Torres is Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment and a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Sharon Jacobs is a Professor of Law at Berkeley Law School. Patrick Parenteau is a Professor of Law Emeritus at Vermont Law School.