{"id":16760,"date":"2026-06-04T01:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=16760"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:25:53","slug":"2026-06-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-06-07\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Supreme Court of the United States Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

11 a.m., June 7, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we discuss How the Supreme Court of the United States Works.
\nThis Sunday we will watch two videos on the Supreme Court.
\nThe first video, How the Supreme Court is fast-tracking Trump\u2019s cases on its \u2018shadow docket\u2019<\/em>, describes the emergency docket, and why it\u2019s used and what are the concerns it raises.
\nThe second video is What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case<\/em>. In November 2025, Neal Kumar Katyal was asked to do what no litigant had done before: convince the justices of the Supreme Court to strike down a sitting president’s signature initiative. The initiative that imposed tariffs justified by an economic emergency. SCOTUS had not previously questioned what is and is not an emergency. Neal Katyal describes his trepidation and the help he got to prepare himself and his team to face the court.
\nYou can watch the 7-minute video on the shadow docket at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vE67nk0w6ZU<\/a> and the 18-minute video on the Katyal\u2019s trial preparations at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g3M3WaixeOw<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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\nJoin fellow Humanists in the Manzanita Room of the Los Altos Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022<\/a>. Lunch will be served after the forum. We request a $10 donation.<\/p>\n

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11 a.m., June 7, 2026 Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we discuss How the Supreme Court of the United States Works. This Sunday we will watch two videos on the Supreme Court. The first video, How the Supreme Court is fast-tracking Trump\u2019s cases on its \u2018shadow docket\u2019, describes the emergency … Continue reading “How the Supreme Court of the United States Works”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[253],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16761,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760\/revisions\/16761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}