WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has 19 criminal law and related cases remaining to be decided in the October Term 2025, including six cases involving firearms, jury selection, and constitutional venue rules. Of the 58 cases the Court will decide after full briefing and oral argument this term, approximately 30 fall into the criminal law and related category, with 13 already decided.

Among the unresolved cases is United States v. Hemani, which challenges a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by individuals deemed “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled the statute unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. During oral argument, justices expressed skepticism about applying the law to a defendant who told FBI agents he used marijuana roughly every other day.

Wolford v. Lopez concerns a Hawaii law that bars firearm possession on private property open to the public unless the owner explicitly grants permission. In Abouammo v. United States, the Court will determine how constitutional venue rules apply when a defendant acted outside the state where he was charged but knew his conduct would be felt there. Hunter v. United States asks whether plea bargain waivers of appeal should include an implied exception for “miscarriages of justice.”

Pitchford v. Cain involves a habeas corpus challenge to a death sentence in Mississippi based on claims that four of five potential Black jurors were excluded because of their race. The same prosecutor involved in Pitchford’s case was previously found to have unlawfully struck Black jurors in the 2019 case Flowers v. Mississippi. Mississippi courts ruled that Pitchford’s lawyer forfeited the discrimination claim by not objecting forcefully enough, and the state argues this procedural ruling bars federal review.

Also pending are Rutherford v. United States and Fernandez v. United States, which address permissible grounds for re-sentencing in compassionate release cases. Four immigration-related cases remain undecided, including one concerning birthright citizenship. The Court is scheduled to issue additional rulings on a Thursday in late May 2026.