The Supreme Court, by tradition, returns from its summer recess on the first Monday in October to begin a new term. Right off the bat, the justices will tackle several cases that raise important constitutional questions.
This will be the first full term with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch on the Court. President Trump nominated Gorsuch last January to fill the seat vacated by the death a year earlier of Justice Antonin Scalia; Gorsuch took his seat as one of the court’s nine justices in April (see graphic) after the Senate confirmed him.
Among the most anticipated cases on the Court’s docket are ones that deal with the constitutionality of President Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim countries; the right to privacy in the digital age; limits on the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom; and the legitimacy of the political practice of gerrymandering.
Here’s what you need to know to understand those key cases.
The Supreme Court returns from its summer recess on the first Monday in October to begin a new term. It's tradition. Right away, the justices will tackle several cases that raise important constitutional questions.
This will be the first full term with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch on the Court. President Trump nominated Gorsuch last January to fill the seat vacated by the death a year earlier of Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch took his seat as one of the Court’s nine justices in April after the Senate confirmed him.
There are many anticipated cases on the Court’s docket this session. One major case deals with the constitutionality of President Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim countries. Others deal with the right to privacy in the digital age, limits on the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom, and the legitimacy of the political practice of gerrymandering.
Here’s what you need to know to understand those key cases.