Some Important Supreme Court Cases This Session

Each Supreme Court session starts on the First Monday in October and ends late June or early July. This current session consists of some key cases you may want to watch, of some 50 Supreme Court cases that are under review, according to Los Angeles Times:

• LGBT Workers' Rights via Bostock vs. Clayton County, Altitude Express vs. Zarda, and R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Home vs. EEOC
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws job discrimination on the basis of race and sex but doesn't explicitly protect on the grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation. So does C.R.A. of 1964 protect LGBT employees from being discriminated against?
• DACA via the Department of Homeland Security vs. University of California
• Is Obama's DACA executive order that shielded deportation of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who illegally entered the country an "unconstitutional exercise of authority" and is Trump's actions justified in revoking it?
• Open Carry New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. vs. City of New York
• Are gun owners allowed to be restricted from carrying a handgun in their car? Ironically, they can keep a legal handgun at home but cannot transport it (to a home outside the City even), the ordinance at the heart of this case.
• Espinoza vs. Montana
• Could a state "offer grants and scholarships" to students in church schools if it does the same for other private schools? Trump's administration says that is unconstitutional because of its discriminatory nature that "imposes 'a special disability on religious school because they are religious.'"
• Louisiana requires that physicians who perform an abortion must "have 'active admitting privileges' at a nearby hospital," implying that all but one abortion clinic will be forced to close. The Supreme Court will decide if this gives women "undue burden," which would imply that this requirement is unconstitutional.
• Bridget Kelly, an aide to the then-NJ Governor Christie, conspired to shut down two lanes of the George Washington Bridge (the busiest bridge) to punish a Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, who refused to endorse Christie, which created major traffic jams. US Court of Appeals ruled that this "traffic study" cover up the political payback reasoning "defrauded the Port Authority of its property." This Supreme Court has to decide if this action truly "defrauds."
• Price vs. Chicago involves an eight-foot "bubble zone" to prevent "sidewalk counselors" who oppose abortions from soliciting patients and staff in Chicago and other cities. Is this a violation of free speech?
• The Homelessness and Sleeping on Sidewalks
• The city of Boise vs. Martin will determine whether cities can restrict homeless people from sleeping on public streets and places. The 9th Circuit Court, which has jurisdiction in 9 Western states, including CA, says cities can't if "no sleeping places are available" and is a violation of the 8th Amendment. The Supreme Court will decide.

Which of the cases above appeal the most to you? You can read more about these cases on the source and on Oyez.

Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-10-07/supreme-court-cases-include-dreamers-gay-rights-and-religion.