Supreme Court: A new term, a new justice, a blockbuster docket
The United States Supreme Court begins a new term today with one new justice, the same 6-3 ideological divide, historically low public approval ratings, and another docket littered with blockbuster cases.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to sit on the high court, which has a conservative supermajority in its second full term together. After taking a sharp rightward turn in the law – including overturning the right to abortion, expanding gun rights, strengthening religious freedom, and empowering courts to curb federal regulations – the court is again poised to hear a slate of cases with the potential to transform American life…
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