According to The New York Times, the Supreme Court’s first opinion in an argued case this term (Bowe v. United States) arrived in January 2026. Over the last 80 years, how many times before has SCOTUS waited until January to issue its first argued opinion?

Hint: This delay is being attributed to a spike in emergency docket activity.

See the answer on the next page.

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