What are the Supreme Court cases this term?
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the 2023-2024 term, Supreme Court justices will hear cases involving the Second Amendment, abortion rights, racial gerrymandering, free speech online, union battles and Donald Trump’s eligibility for office. Donald Trump Racial gerrymandering: Alexander v South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP Justices are being asked to uphold or reverse a lower court found that South Carolina’s First Congressional District violated the Constitution because it discriminated against Black voters by moving tens of thousands of the Black voting population into other districts. President Joe Biden has supported and ordered mandates for federal workers First Amendment: Lindke v Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v Garnier In these consolidated cases, the court is being asked to specify if the content a public official posts on social media to communicate job-related matters is considered state action and if blocking people violates the First Amendment. “TRUMP TOO SMALL” shirts made by Steve Elster Bankruptcy: Harrington v Purdue Pharma Justices are being asked to determine whether bankruptcy law allows for people who aren’t bankrupt to be protected by liability releases.