Supreme Court Docket Review

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The Supreme Court begins a new term next week, and will be hearing some cases impacting worker’s rights, voter’s rights, and religious freedoms.
With a Conservative majority firmly in place, the Supreme Court begins a new term with a docket full of contentious cases.
One of the biggest cases the justices will hear involves labor union fees out of Illinois.
Across the U.S. labor unions currently force state and municipal employees to pay fees whether they want to join the union or not.
The employee plaintiff in the case says requiring him to pay fees to a union he doesn’t support violates his right to freedom of speech.
Attorneys for the plaintiff say workers are being forced to subsidize a union as a condition of employment.
The case could deal a financial blow to the Democrat-leaning unions whose political clout would be weakened by the reduction in cash flow.
The court will also take on another high profile case involving gerrymandering in Wisconsin, which has been brought on by Democrats who say the way the lines are currently drawn ensures they can’t win.
Next on the list, a voter roll purge case out of Ohio where opponents are calling the state’s removal of non-participating voters from the rolls a violation of federal law.
Then out of Colorado, the court will decide if a same-sex couple’s right to civil marriage outweighs the right of a cake-baker to refuse service based on religious beliefs.
This will be the first full term for Justice Neil Gorsuch.
While Justice Anthony Kennedy remains the swing vote, the decisions that come out of the court may prove the importance of the appointment of Gorsuch to the bench.