Months after reshaping wide swaths of American life with a series of landmark rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to issue more major decisions in its upcoming term on affirmative action, voting access, LGBTQ rights, immigration, and more
the widest partisan gap in views of the Supreme Court ever recorded in 35 years of polling. The court also faces internal strife and pressuredecision leaked in May and launched an investigation by the Marshal of the Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts declaring the leak a “betrayal.” And it confronts increasing calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from election-related matters,that that his wife Ginni Thomas pushed GOP lawmakers to overturn President Joe Biden’s win.
The high court will hear both cases on Oct. 31. The group Students for Fair Admissions, which says its mission is to help “restore colorblind principles to our nation’s schools, colleges and universities,” has brought both lawsuits, asking the court to preclude any consideration of race as a factor in admissions.
A similar question faces the Supreme Court this term, once again arising out of Colorado. Lorie Smith, a graphic designer, wants to expand her graphic design business to include creating wedding websites. But she does not want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples on religious grounds, and wants to note this on her website for prospective clients.
The cases center on 1978’s Indian Child Welfare Act , which set a federal standard to prioritize placing Native American children who are removed from their families with either extended family or other Native families.
In 2012, Michael and Chantell Sackett appeared before the Supreme Court after the Environmental Protection Agency told them they could not build a home on their property near Priest Lake, Idaho because it would violate the Clean Water Act. The issue got kicked back down to lower courts on procedural grounds.Rapanos v. United States,
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