Supreme Court to run out of funding due to shutdown

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

10/17/25 3:38 PM ET


The Supreme Court is about to run out of money, and federal courts across the country are expected to run out by early next week because of the government shutdown.

The nation’s top court “expects to run out of funding on October 18,” Patricia McCabe, Supreme Court public information officer, told The Hill. “As a result, the Supreme Court Building will be closed to the public until further notice. The Building will remain open for official business,” McCabe continued.

“The Supreme Court will continue to conduct essential work such as hearing oral arguments, issuing orders and opinions, processing case filings, and providing police and building support needed for those operations.” Federal courts are expected to see their funding dry up Oct. 20, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said Friday.

“Federal judges will continue to serve, in accordance with the Constitution, but court staff may only perform certain excepted activities permitted under the Anti-Deficiency Act,” the office said in a statement.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/5561016-federal-courts-shutdown-impact/

[rampartd]

1. great. send them on vacation.

[C Moon]

2. Soon, we'll be a country of ICE.

[Be Leave On]

3. closed doors

Somehow, the idea of them meeting unsupervised behind closed doors to come to their decisions doesn't improve my confidence in them..

[not fooled]

12. 6(66) of them probably have been meeting in secret for a long time

at the nearest country club or billionaire's house. Plotting the downfall of the country in order to turn it into a "christian" oligarchy.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Gee, what a shame. Guess that means the lower federal courts'

decisions dictate that TSF has to follow them w/o his buddies at SCOTUS reversing them.

[Polybius]

14. But all forthcoming executive orders might stand

The federal courts won't be funded either.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Let's say that a federal court has invalidated an Executive Order, but it's been appealed

to SCOTUS.

No money, no SCOTUS. The federal court decision holds for now.

[Polybius]

20. I said "forthcoming"

Meaning after the federal courts run out of money. So, if he signs a new executive order after they run out.

[Javaman]

5. To the right wing religious fascist, that's a feature not a bug nt

[Farmer-Rick]

6. What makes the Nazi judges on the Supremes

Think pedo Trump will continue paying them? Yeah ... it's in the US Constitution but they gave pedo Trump immunity. What are they going to do to him if he stops paying them?

I can't imagine Clarence working for free.

[BComplex]

16. I've always wondered what they thought about him firing one of them

He thinks he's the king.

[Farmer-Rick]

17. Exactly

And pedo Trump will turn on them like he turns on everyone he thinks is in his pocket.

[BlueKota]

19. His billionaire gifters

will float him and his five fellow comrades "loans," I'm sure.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Trump bankrupted it. Figures.

[Clouds Passing]

8. Good, the facist 6 deserve a timeout permanently.

[Efilroft Sul]

10. They'd still render fascist verdicts for free on the regular.

[Bayard]

9. Oh, no!

How will they buy groceries?!

[Drum]

11. Don't most of them work primarily for "tips"?

[republianmushroom]

13. Now it is money.

The roberts court ran out of ethics and morals some time ago.

[dlk]

18. The payoffs and kickbacks for some of them will tide them over

Somehow, they’ll get by.

[milestogo]

21. Six of them should not be allowed to vote in any elections.