As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Poised to Resume Rightward Push

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55% : Credit...Anna Rose Layden for The New York TimesIn its new term, the Supreme Court will hear a case concerning the owner of a website design company who objects to providing wedding-related services to same-sex couples.
46% : The justices return to the bench on Monday to start a term that will include major cases on affirmative action, voting and discrimination against gay couples.
45% : In the Dobbs decision, the justices in the majority disagreed about whether the logic of that ruling should require reconsideration of other landmark decisions, including one establishing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
43% : The new term will feature major disputes on affirmative action, voting, religion, free speech and gay rights.
38% : Still, the overall findings demonstrate that the court has moved to the right of the median voter, notably on issues like abortion, shortly after changes in the court’s membership.
37% : ETWASHINGTON — The last Supreme Court term ended with a series of judicial bombshells in June that eliminated the right to abortion, established a right to carry guns outside the home and limited efforts to address climate change.
30% : Trump went on to name three members of the Supreme Court, including Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who succeeded Justice Ginsburg after her death in 2020.Those changes put more than 40 years of affirmative action precedents at risk, including Grutter v. Bollinger, a 2003 decision in which the Supreme Court endorsed holistic admissions programs, saying it was permissible to consider race as one factor among many to achieve educational diversity.

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