The National Constitution Center previews the Supreme Court’s 2026-2027 term. Masha Hansford, partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, and Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg News, join to break down the biggest cases on the docket, unpack the constitutional questions at stake, and explore the issues that could have the biggest impact on the Court in the year ahead. Tom Donnelly, lead scholar at the National Constitution Center, moderates.
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This episode was produced and mixed by Bill Pollock. With production support from Charles Sahm. Research was provided by Anna Salvatore and Tristan Worsham.
Participants
Masha Hansford is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. A former assistant to the solicitor general at the Department of Justice, she has extensive experience advocating before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals. In 2025, during her tenure at the Department of Justice, Masha received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.
Amy Howe is the co-founder of SCOTUSblog and its primary reporter. She was part of the blog team that won a Peabody Award in 2013, as well as a National Press Club Journalism Award for Breaking News.
Greg Stohr is an award-winning journalist who has covered the U.S. Supreme Court for Bloomberg News since 1998. He is an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School.
Tom Donnelly is lead scholar at the National Constitution Center and a law professor at the University of Richmond. Prior to joining the Center in 2016, he served as counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center, as a Climenko Fellow and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Ambro on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Additional Resources
- New Supreme Court term features First Amendment, other challenges, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, October 2, 2026
- Supreme Court to start new term with major environmental case, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, September 29, 2026
- Supreme Court asked to rule on federal ban on home production of distilled spirits, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, September 25, 2026
- Supreme Court asked to consider dispute over religious use of public park, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, September 9, 2026
- Supreme Court allows Trump voting executive order to move forward pending challenges, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, August 25, 2026
- Ten Commandments school dispute heading to the Supreme Court, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, August 19, 2026
- Climate change lawsuit to kick off Supreme Court’s next term, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, August 6, 2026
- A new Eighth Amendment controversy heads to the Supreme Court, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, July 22, 2026
- Four cases to watch in the Supreme Court’s next term, Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily, July 15, 2026
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