For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact:

April 28, 2020 Kathleen Arberg (202) 479-3211

The Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference on May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 in a
limited number of previously postponed cases. In keeping with public health guidance in
response to COVID-19, the Justices and counsel will all participate remotely. Below is additional
information concerning the order of business on the morning of argument.

The Court will use a teleconferencing system that will call counsel the morning of argument. All
counsel for the cases to be argued that day will be called simultaneously at approximately
9:15 a.m. and will all be placed on a conference call with the Clerk of the Court, Scott Harris, to
receive any last-minute instructions and to ask any remaining questions they may have. Once
that briefing is completed, the phone lines for counsel will be muted, and counsel will remain
on this same line until approximately 9:50 a.m. At that time, counsel will all be moved to the
main conference call to await the beginning of argument.

At 10 a.m., the Justices will enter the main conference call, and the Marshal of the Court,
Pamela Talkin, will cry the Court. The Chief Justice will call the first case, and he will
acknowledge the first counsel to argue. Following the usual practice, the Court generally will not
question lead counsel for petitioners and respondents during the first two minutes of
argument. Where argument is divided and counsel represents an amicus or an additional party,
the Court generally will not ask questions for one minute. At the end of this time, the Chief
Justice will have the opportunity to ask questions. When his initial questioning is complete, the
Associate Justices will then have the opportunity to ask questions in turn in order of seniority. If
there is time remaining once all Justices have had the opportunity to question counsel, there may
be additional questioning.

Once the time for the first counsel’s argument has expired, the Chief Justice will thank
counsel for their argument, and acknowledge the next attorney. This process will continue until
argument in the case is complete. Counsel for the petitioner in each case will be allotted three
minutes for rebuttal. If there is a second case to be argued that day, the Chief Justice will call that
case promptly after the end of the first argument, and the same process will be followed. The
Marshal will announce the conclusion of arguments.