Last term, the Supreme Court addressed such hot button issues as the Obamacare contraception mandate, campaign finance reform, protests outside abortion clinics, unions, and legislative prayer. The next term promises to be just as significant.
Already on the docket are cases involving Alabama’s legislative redistricting plan (Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama; Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama), a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that criminalizes threatening statements (Elonis v. United States), a prison policy banning inmates from growing beards for religious reasons (Holt v. Hobbs), a town’s sign code that discriminates against religious signs (Reed v. Town of Gilbert), application of Sarbanes-Oxley’s anti-shredding provision to undersized fish (Yates v. United States), and the scope of the federal anti-discrimination protections for pregnant employees (Young v. United Parcel Service).
