The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday that could shape the power of the presidency, determine the role of race and federal control of elections and curtail LGBT rights nationwide — with more cases on the horizon on contentious policy and political issues.
The 6-3 conservative-controlled court has agreed to decide cases on more than half a dozen major issues, including President Donald Trump’s tariffs affecting trillions of dollars in international trade, the use of race in redistricting and whether a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” violates free speech rights.
Aziz Huq, a law professor at the University of Chicago who focuses on constitutional law, is among experts who said the justices have set up for themselves a blockbuster term.
