The Supreme Court is expected to start its 2024–2025 term after a blockbuster year of considering contentious cases and challenges to longstanding precedent. Already, the court has accepted petitions related to hot-button topics including gender, ghost guns, immigration, pornography, and e-cigarettes. The term starts on Oct. 7.
Among the big-ticket items is the potential return of the Trump case and ongoing calls for reform. Regardless of who wins the presidency in November, Democrats will likely continue pressing for reform to the nation’s highest court—attracting further scrutiny to the justices and amplifying the tension surrounding issues like gender.
As the session begins, the Epoch Times Supreme Court correspondent, Sam Dorman, has compiled a shortlist of six big things to watch in the months ahead.
