Sneak Peek At Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Next Session

Monday, October 7, the next Supreme Court session began, so below is some of the Supreme Court cases we can look forward to hearing. The last session included several high-profile cases involving the Voting Rights Act, DOMA and Prop 8 regarding same-sex marriage, Fourth Amendment issues with drug-sniffing dogs, and racial preferences in college admissions.

Heritage has collected the information to let us have a sneak peak into “what is on deck for this next term?” There are a number of expected cases already in the docket to be heard. Some of them are potentially big, far-reaching cases:

• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission: Are aggregate limits on contributions to federal candidates, political action committees, and party committees constitutional?
• McCullen v. Coakley: Can a state ban pro-life speech outside abortion clinics while allowing pro-abortion speech?
• Town of Greece v. Galloway: Does a town violate the Establishment Clause by opening its board meetings with a prayer?
• Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action: May states limit the use of racial preferences by amending their constitutions?
• Bond v. United States: What is the scope of the Treaty Power? Can the President, the Senate, and a foreign country conspire to expand the powers of the federal government through treaties?
• National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning: Who decides when Congress is in “recess” for the purpose of making presidential appointments: the President or the Senate?

What rulings can we expect in these cases? What do the rulings from last term tell us about the possible rulings in this upcoming term?

To learn more about the 2013–2014 term, join us at The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday, September 24 at noon or watch online for the third-annual Supreme Court Preview.