The Supreme Court on Tuesday added three cases to its 2026-27 argument docket, including a dispute over access to DOGE records and a question about what constitutes "material support" for terrorism under federal immigration law. A third case concerns prisoners' rights, but the source gives no further details.
In U.S. Doge Service v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sought FOIA disclosures and fast-track discovery to determine whether DOGE is a federal agency. After a district judge granted most requests and the D.C. Circuit declined to pause, the government appealed, arguing separation-of-powers concerns require deference and restraint for internal executive branch communications. The Court previously sent the case back, and after lower courts again allowed modified discovery, the justices agreed to review the D.C. Circuit's ruling.
In Blanche v. Ozurumba, the Trump administration asks the Court to clarify what support makes an immigrant removable and ineligible for benefits. Izuchukwu Ozurumba, a Nigerian citizen, worked as a cook for about six months in a camp run by the separatist "Unknown Gunmen" before escaping; immigration courts held that this was material support for terrorism, barring asylum.