Factbox-Abortion, gun rights, religion on agenda for U.S. Supreme Court
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[October 01, 2021]
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's
new nine-month term, which begins on Monday, promises to be among the
most momentous in generations. The justices are poised to decide major
cases that could roll back abortion rights and broaden gun and religious
rights.
Here is a look at some of cases the court will decide during the term,
which runs through the end of next June.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
The scope of the constitutional right to abortion is at stake in this
case, to be argued on Dec. 1. It involves an appeal by Mississippi to
revive the state's Republican-backed law that bans abortion after 15
weeks of pregnancy. Lower courts have ruled against the state.
Mississippi is asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the
landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen
This case, to be argued on Nov. 3, could further expand gun rights in a
National Rifle Association-backed challenge to New York state's
restrictions on people carrying concealed handguns in public. The case
tests the scope of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to
keep and bear arms and could undermine firearms control efforts
nationally.
Carson v. Makin
Religious rights are at issue in this case, to be argued on Dec. 8. It
involves a challenge to a Maine tuition assistance program that bars
taxpayer money from being used to pay for religious instruction in
schools. The court last year endorsed tax credits in Montana to help pay
for students to attend religious schools, one of several rulings in
recent years broadening religious rights.
Shurtleff v. Boston
The justices will hear arguments in early 2022 in a case involving
religious and free speech rights - a group's challenge to Boston's
rejection of its request to fly a flag bearing the image of a Christian
cross at city hall. The Christian group, called Camp Constitution, said
Boston violated its free speech rights under the Constitution's First
Amendment. Boston had not previously denied flag requests including one
for LGBT rights.
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United States v. Tsarnaev
The justices will hear arguments on Oct. 13 in a bid by President
Joe Biden's administration to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for helping carry out the 2013
attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.
United States v. Vaello-Madero
This case, to be argued on Nov. 9, will determine whether the U.S.
Congress violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection
under the law when it excluded residents of Puerto Rico from
accessing a supplementary Social Security benefit for needy seniors
who are blind or disabled.
United States v. Zubaydah
The justices will hear arguments on Wednesday in the U.S.
government's bid to prevent two former CIA contractors from being
questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in
interrogating a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was
repeatedly subjected to waterboarding. The case centers on Abu
Zubaydah, a Palestinian man held without charges at the U.S. naval
base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
The court early in 2022 will hear the U.S. Federal Election
Commission's bid to restore a campaign finance law that caps the
amount of money candidates can be reimbursed for personal loans to
their campaigns. In a challenge brought by Republican U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz, a lower court found that the cap violates First Amendment
free speech rights by burdening political expression.
(Compiled by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will Dunham)
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