It's June. The country is re-opening. Everyone is getting back to work, vacations, travel, in person court hearings, and jury trials. It's cool to see. Two things are closing for the summer -- school and the Supreme Court. All outstanding opinions will be issued this month. Here are some things to watch at the end of the Term, according to USA Today:
After mostly avoiding controversy for the past eight months, the Supreme Court is heading into the final, frenzied few weeks of its 2020-21 term with a docket full of outstanding cases and rampant speculation about one its most senior justices.
From health care to voting to a dispute pitting LGBTQ rights against religious freedom, the nation's highest court will soon start churning through blockbuster cases, dropping decisions that will reshape the law – and the political landscape.
Twenty-six cases – all of which were argued virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic – remain on the docket.
"This term is a lot like the first few episodes of a new TV show," said David Lat, a court observer who founded a legal newsletter and website called Original Jurisdiction. "It's really just setting the stage. Sometimes you wish you could just fast forward through it, but it's still important because we're getting to know the characters...and we're getting to know the issues."
After the flurry of opinions, attention is sure to shift to Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, who at 82 is under pressure from progressives to retire so that President Joe Biden can name his replacement while Democrats hold their tenuous majority in the Senate. When justices step down, they often do so at the very end of the term.
No comments:
Post a Comment