Key cases to watch as US Supreme Court returns

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : This term, the court will see another set of landmark cases, including disputes on affirmative action, voting and LGBTQ rights.
55% : This case would expand its views on affirmative action to all colleges - including prestigious universities like Harvard, and force at least a dozen to change their admissions policies.
47% : Lorie Smith, owner of a Colorado graphic design firm, has said that she will provide services to same-sex couples but not for same-sex weddings because of her religion.
45% : The nine Supreme Court justices begin their new term on 3 OctoberDuring the last full term, which ended in June, the court's 6-3 conservative supermajority expanded gun rights, curtailed efforts to address climate change and eliminated a nationwide right to abortion.
35% : But the conservative majority has demonstrated a willingness to overturn precedent - most notably in the June abortion case, Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization - suggesting that affirmative action is now at risk.

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