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No. 25-1360October Term 2025Before Arguments

Docket 25-1360October Term 2025 (2025–2026)

Cade Brumley, Superintendent, Louisiana State Education v. Darcy Roake, Reverend, Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children, Real Parties in Interest A. V. and S. V.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Case status

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What it's about

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Question presented

1. Whether respondents’ challenge to H.B. 71 is non-justiciable. 2. Whether H.B. 71 is facially unconstitutional under either the Establishment Clause or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit / Accepted by the Court

Area

First Amendment

Timing

Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term

The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.

The Court does not announce decision dates in advance.Argument and decision days

Briefing

What it's about

Louisiana education officials have asked the Supreme Court to review a challenge to H.B. 71. The petition asks whether the lawsuit can be heard at all and whether the law is unconstitutional as written under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause.

Argument

No oral argument is scheduled yet. The petition asks whether this challenge is non-justiciable (not fit for courts) and whether H.B. 71 is unconstitutional as written under the First Amendment's religion clauses.

Impact

The case could affect Louisiana students, parents, and state officials by deciding whether broad First Amendment attacks on H.B. 71 may go forward. For example, families challenging the law and officials enforcing it both have a stake in whether courts can hear the case.

What is Brumley v. Roake about?

The petition asks whether a lawsuit over Louisiana's H.B. 71 can be heard at all. It also asks whether the law is unconstitutional as written under the First Amendment's religion clauses.

Who is affected if the Court takes this case?

Louisiana students, parents, teachers, and state education officials could all be affected. The case could shape how families and officials fight over religion-based constitutional claims.

What happens next in Brumley v. Roake?

No oral argument is scheduled yet. The next sign of movement is a certiorari order or another scheduling step from the Court.

Grounding

Grounding
Primary materials plus reporting.
Note
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Checked
Jul 29, 2026
Primary materials5
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