The Supreme Court reconvenes every first Monday in October, here's detail on what to expect the year ahead:
- Washington Post:
The dominant theme is the one that
has divided the country and fueled the debate between tea party
Republicans and President Obama since the 2010 election: the extent of
the federal government’s power.
The justices are being asked to decide the constitutionality of the landmark health-care act,
the ability of states to enforce strict immigration laws and whether
the government can continue to monitor the airwaves for indecency.
The
court could also reopen the question of affirmative action in college
admissions, rule on the rights of gay adoptive parents and decide
whether the blindingly fast pace of modern technology has reshaped
Americans’ notion of privacy.
- ScotusBlog:
Today, the Court officially begins the October Term 2011, which is
widely expected to be one of the most exciting and important Terms in
recent memory. Bloomberg, the San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, the Associated Press, the New York Times, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal (video), the Christian Science Monitor, NPR, the National Review Online, the National Law Journal, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Post’s PostPartisan blog, and Wired all preview the Term ahead. At the Atlantic, Andrew Cohen has compiled a list of the “Top 10” Supreme Court previews, while Garrett Epps offers a “constitutional law nerd’s take on upcoming Supreme Court cases.” The New York Times
briefly reviews the questions presented in eight of the higher-profile
cases on the docket so far, while the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times
looks ahead to argue that this Term offers the Court an “opportunity to
play a role it often has embraced in its history: reining in the
overweening power of the state.”
