Guns, voting, immigration and more: The biggest cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term
The U.S. Supreme Court is entering a new term with a docket featuring high-stakes cases regarding gun control, voting rights, and immigration. These rulings are expected to have significant implications for national policy and constitutional interpretation.
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Supreme Court decisions set legal precedents that shape American social and political life for decades.
The Supreme Court. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Supreme Court begins its latest term on Monday with a docket full of high-stakes cases that touch on some of the most contentious issues in American politics, including guns, voting and transgender rights.
This will be the second full term for the nation's highest court since President Trump returned to the White House. The previous term, which wrapped up in June, was packed with landmark rulings in a long list of major cases , including Trump's tariffs, birthright citizenship and a slate of key immigration decisions.
The justices will likely take on additional cases over the course of the term, but there are already plenty of pivotal cases for the court to consider in the coming months.
Here's a rundown of the big cases headed to the Supreme Court this term and what their eventual rulings might mean for the country.
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