The Supreme Court of the United States announced Monday morning that oral arguments in March will be postponed until April 1st, due to COVID-19. Oral arguments were scheduled for March 23-25 and March 30-April 1st.
#BreakingNews JUST IN: #SCOTUS announces it will postpone the remainder of March oral arguments due to #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/TEM4tx7tyF
— Nicole Ninh (@nicninh) March 16, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court postponing arguments because of coronavirus.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 16, 2020
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will be postponing the oral arguments currently scheduled for the March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1) citing " public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19." https://t.co/ThLOmJQ8PI pic.twitter.com/1xSwvLu0no
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 16, 2020
This move by the court is most definitely unprecedented.
US Supreme Court says it will delay oral arguments in light of the coronavirus outbreak; first time the court has disrupted its own operations since the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. https://t.co/04h6U8eKfj
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) March 16, 2020
Postponing oral arguments also includes the controversial case regarding President Trump’s tax returns, and whether or not they must be publicly available.
#SCOTUS has postponed oral arguments in March.
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) March 16, 2020
That means no oral arguments on March 31 over Trump's financial documents/records. https://t.co/tHnnnLlkIf
The high court will still meet for conference, as regularly scheduled, on March 20th.