Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms

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Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms

By Lawrence Hurley at Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/04/us-usa-court-politics-idUSKCN0RY0DJ20151004

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The court's work on those hot-button issues in its term that ends next June will unfold during a U.S. presidential campaign, meaning the justices could find themselves at the center of the political debate before the November 2016 election.

The justices, five appointed by Republican presidents and four by Democrats, often divide along ideological and political lines on pressing social issues.

The court's last term ended in June with rulings legalizing gay marriage nationwide and rejecting a conservative challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law, actions praised by liberals. But court observers expect the court's five conservatives to prevail in most of the big, closely divided cases this term.

They say that unlike in the gay-marriage and Obamacare rulings, the conservative bloc is less likely to lose the court's regular swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, on cases involving race, unions and voting.




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[PoliticAverse]

1. Also see...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016133554

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2. I leave it up for those who missed your previous post.