The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench December 1 to begin hearing arguments in 12 cases and to hand down some decisions, finally.
The court has issued four unsigned per curiam opinions since starting its term Oct. 6, but it usually hands down its first signed decision sometime in November. The court announced it will issue opinions on Dec. 2.This will be the first time since 2009 that the court has not issued a signed opinion before December, according to Kedar Bhatia, who tracks court statistics for SCOTUSblog. With all the emergency matters that have been occupying justices so far this term—same-sex marriage, voting rights and the like—old-fashioned decision-making may have had to wait.
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