On July 26, 2024, a cert petition was filed in Veneno v. United States. The Petitioner asked the Court to overrule United States v. Kagama, a precedent that established Congress's "plenary" powers over Indian tribes. The government promptly waived its response on August 8, 2024, I think in an effort to get it into the long conference. The Court requested a response on August 20, 2024. After four extensions, the SG filed its opposition on November 20, 2024.
The petition then entered what I've called docket purgatory. On December 5, 2024, it was scheduled for the January 10, 2025 conference. The case was then rescheduled seventeen times, with the last reschedule coming on June 10, 2025. The case was then distributed to the long conference on September 29, 2025, but no action was taken. The case was relisted three more times.
Finally, on November 10, 2025, the Court put the petition out of its misery, and denied cert. Justice Gorsuch wrote a dissent, which was joined by Justice Thomas.
