Supreme Court Returns With Culture Wars Front and Center

最高法院重返前台,文化战争成焦点

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2026-10-06

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P.M. Edition for Oct. 5. WSJ reporter James Romoser walks us through what to expect from the high court’s term, which opened today with oral arguments on a major climate-change case. A trio of scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for a breakthrough in neuroscience. Plus, WSJ’s Jared Mitovich goes inside Cornell University to examine the fallout from an explosive sexual assault allegation. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The Supreme Court begins a new term as culture war issues and Trump's immigration agenda take center stage.

  • Plus, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to a trio of scientists for a breakthrough in neuroscience.

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  • It's Monday, October 5th.

  • I'm Sabrina Siddiqui for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Ossola.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • The Supreme Court kicked off its new term today,

  • opening with arguments over whether local governments can sue oil companies for climate damages.

  • The Wall Street Journal's Supreme Court reporter James Ramoser says some of the major cases the court's

  • going to take up in the coming months also involve immigration and gun rights.

  • So this term, the Supreme Court is going to weigh into some really big culture war clashes.

  • Today was the first case, and that was a big dispute over climate change.

  • A big case coming up later this fall about gun rights, specifically whether states

  • and cities are able to ban AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles.