Supreme Court to start October 2022 term on Ketanji Brown Jackson

Washington – Supreme Court enters new term,welcome commoners return to court For the first time since the issuance of the Executive Order, we have heard the debate. Landmark ruling Stripping women of their constitutional protections against abortion.

Monday’s session is also new for the first time Judge Ketanji Brown JacksonThe court’s first black female judge joins the debate.When the public is back for the first time since Court closed in March 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic.

A court overturned Roe v. Wade abortion ruling almost 50 years ago still influences legal battles over state abortion bans and other restrictions. but, A new stack of high-profile cases Waiting for the judge Some cases the court has agreed to hear involve race and/or elections, and the court also hears controversies that bring free speech and LGBTQ rights issues back to court. I agree with you.

Also troubling the judges is some unfinished business from last year. A draft of the abortion ruling leaked seven weeks before it was officially announced. Chief Justice John Roberts has ordered an investigation, but the court has yet to provide an update.

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Jackson had been waiting months to fully launch her new role since being approved in April. At the end of her term, Conservatives will control the courts by her 6-3 vote to expand gun rights, curb the government’s ability to fight climate change, and seek to secure workers. thwarted the government’s efforts. At a large company vaccinated against COVID-19. Breyer, a liberal, lost those cases, and Jackson is expected to speak out in many of the court’s most important cases.

But since she took office, the court has mostly been on summer break. Judges met informally last week to review the long list of appeals that have piled up over the summer. On Friday, the judges took to the benches for a short ceremony, and Roberts wished Jackson a “long and happy career in our common mission,” a traditional welcome to the new judge.

But Jackson also joins the court at a time when public support for the court is declining. is shown. A poll conducted this summer found that 43% of Americans said they had little trust in the courts, up from 27% earlier this year.

On Monday, the court will consider: important water rights case It could limit federal regulation under the Clean Water Act, the country’s primary water pollution law.