The Supreme Court’s reserves have dried up as a result of the government shutdown.

On Friday, Supreme Court Public Information Officer Patricia McCabe said in a statement that the court “expects to run out of funding on October 18” and “if new appropriated funds do not become available” after that, “the Court will make changes in its operations to comply” with federal law.

As alarming as that sounds, not much is expected to change about the actual Supreme Court’s ability to function. The physical Supreme Court building will be closed to the public, but the judges of the Court will still perform their essential duties, including issuing rulings on three major cases regarding the Voting Rights Act, Trump’s tariffs, and Trump’s appeal to deploy the military to Chicago.

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