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Supreme Court Term Begins

By Steve Hall

Adam Liptak previewed the term's cases in, "Supreme Court Term Offers Hot Issues and Future Hints," in the Sunday New York Times. The new Supreme Court term, which begins Monday, includes cases on some of the most contested issues of the day, including protests at military funerals, illegal immigration, support for religious schools, violent video games, DNA evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. The term?s arguments and decisions will be scrutinized for insights into the thinking of the court?s newest member, Justice Elena Kagan, and for hints about how the court will rule when even more highly charged cases reach it, probably in a year or two, on federal health care legislation, same-sex marriage, the treatment of gay members of the armed services and the recent Arizona law giving the police there greater authority to check the immigration status of people they stop...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).