The Supreme Court published its oral arguments calendar for October on Friday, scheduling dates for six cases to be heard in the fall, including a racial gerrymandering dispute in South Carolina that could have repercussions for the future of Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).
Additionally, the court will hear a constitutional challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism and an Americans with Disabilities Act challenge against a hotel. Oral arguments will begin on Oct. 2.
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CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America will be argued on Oct. 3 and follows an appeal after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit found that funding the CFPB via the Federal Reserve violated the Constitution's appropriations clause, which vests the "power of the purse" to Congress to appropriate government funds.
The justices will then hear arguments on Oct. 4 in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, a lawsuit asking whether the Americans with Disabilities Act allows legal challenges against a hotel the plaintiff, Deborah Laufer, never visited for failing to offer disability accommodations.
Laufer has filed similar lawsuits against more than 600 hotels for web pages she found were "insufficiently clear" regarding accessible accommodations.
The high court will also consider on Oct. 11 a lower court's decision that found South Carolina's congressional map was racially gerrymandered in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
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Republicans sought relief after a three-judge panel at the district court level ruled in favor of civil rights groups that argued the maps violated the Voting Rights Act.
One of the districts implicated in the dispute is Charleston County, which is represented by Mace. The case will be decided ahead of the 2024 elections at a time when control of the closely divided House of Representatives will be on the ballot.