Supreme Court adds DOGE records, prisoner rights, and terrorism-support cases to docket

The Supreme Court agreed to hear three new cases during its 2026-27 term. One dispute concerns discovery and FOIA requests involving the Department of Government Efficiency and whether it counts as a federal agency. Another case asks whether working as a cook at a camp operated by violent separatists amounts to providing material support for terrorism under immigration law.

The Court’s 2026-27 docket now includes a dispute over access to records concerning the Department of Government Efficiency. CREW sought DOGE communications and personnel financial disclosures through FOIA, plus expedited discovery on whether DOGE qualifies as a federal agency. A district judge largely granted those requests; the D.C. Circuit declined to pause them.

After an unsigned June 2025 order narrowed discovery and shielded internal executive communications, CREW revised its requests. DOGE returned to the justices in March, arguing lower courts had not properly applied separation-of-powers deference. The docket also includes a case asking whether cooking at a camp run by violent separatists constitutes material support for terrorism under immigration law, and a prisoner rights matter.

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