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Monday, July 6, 2026

1000 word essay topic for Summer 2 students

Explain a decision from the recent Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court has recently wrapped up its October 2025 term. It issued decisions on 67 cases. For general information about the term click here, and here. For info on the court and its procedures click here.

I want you to explain one of them to me.

Below you will see a list of those deemed most important. You will be assigned one. I want you to read though the decision - to the best of your ability - and explain the facts of the case, the constititional issue involved, and the reasoning behind the decision as well as the reasoning against it, if the exists.

Plenty of resources exist. Use them.

Here are two I find useful:

-ScotusBlog.
-Oyez.

Wikipedia pages are also acceptable. You are also free to use ChatGPT. Just be sure to submit your own work as the final product.

Here is a full list of the cases they heard

These are the ones I want you to select from:

Abouammo v. United States.
Barrett v. United States.
Berk v. Choy.
Blanche v. Lau.
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Case v. Montana.
Chatrie v. United States.
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
Chiles v. Salazar.
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment.
Ellingburg v. United States.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba).
Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc.
Fernandez v. United States.
First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin.
Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock.
Hamm v. Smith.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.
Hunter v. United States.
Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump.
Little v. Hecox.
Louisiana v. Callais.
Monsanto Company v. Durnell.
Mullin v. Doe.
National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission.
Noem v. Al Otro Lado.
Pitchford v. Cain.
Pung v. Isabella County.
Salazar v. Paramount Global.
Trump v. Barbara.
Trump v. Cook.
Trump v. Slaughter.
United States Postal Service v. Konan.
United States v. Hemani.
Villarreal v. Texas.
Watson v. Republican National Committee.
West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Wolford v. Lopez.

For the final submission:

Aside from the word length please:

1 - use at least three references
2 - use whatever format works best for you
3 - use a language that at least approximates English

Note that you may write as much as you want.