The Supreme Court opens its week with a private conference and the release of orders, followed by oral arguments. On Monday, the justices heard Beaird v. United States, a case about how much deference courts must give to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's commentary when applying federal sentencing guidelines.
Wednesday brings Salazar v. Paramount Global, which asks whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act—passed after a newspaper published Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's video rental history—applies to modern internet services. The case could clarify how the law governs streaming and digital media.
The Court also has several fully briefed emergency appeals awaiting action. The Trump administration asked on Sept. 28 for permission to implement a Bureau of Prisons policy that would bar transgender inmates from receiving gender-transition surgeries, hormone therapy, and social accommodations. Separately, the Court is weighing requests from the FCC and two Republican groups to block an appeals court ruling that would force the FCC to act quickly on a challenge to its "public notice" extending favorable advertising rates to political parties and joint fundraising committees.