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The U.S.Supreme Court, at once a major flashpoint in the 2024 campaign and potential presidential election referee, gavels open a new term on Monday with the nation deeply divided over its recent rulings and skeptical of the justices' ethics and impartiality.The court's fall docket includes high-profile disputes over age-verification to access pornography online, the marketing of flavored e-cigarettes to kids, regulation of untraceable "ghost guns," and EPA limits on sewage dumped into the Pacific Ocean.A challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors is considered one of the most significant cases of the term, so far.
The justices have been asked to decide whether the medical restriction, adopted in more than 20 states, discriminates on the basis of sex in violation of the Constitution's Equal Protection clause."This is one of the most significant LGBTQ cases to ever reach the Supreme Court," said Chase Strangio, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, who is expected to argue before the court."This case will have a huge impact on the future of litigation on behalf of LGBTQ people.MORE: Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minorsThe court could also be forced to weigh in on last-minute appeals over election rules, including changes to how ballots are cast and counted and, potentially, how contested election results are certified.
It has already issued decisions allowing Arizona to require proof of citizenship for state voter registration and rejecting Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's bid to appear on the Nevada ballot.A general view of the U.S.Supreme Court building in Washington, June 1, 2024.Will Dunham/ReutersThe six conservative and three liberal justices return to the bench for oral arguments after delivering an extraordinary round of socially and politically-consequential decisions in June."Depending on your point of view, last term was either the term that the...