U.S. Supreme Court Term to Tackle Free Speech, Business Regulation, Criminal Law

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The Supreme Court, newly reconfigured with the addition of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, will hear several cases involving high-profile issues this term, including First Amendment rights, gun control, criminal law and business regulation.



The Supreme Court

The new term not only offers potential blockbuster decisions involving guns, church state separation, free speech juvenile criminals, campaign finance and sexual predators, but it also may provide revealing insights into our newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, and the overall direction of the Roberts court.

About the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" (majority vote) of the Senate. Once appointed, Justices effectively have life tenure, serving "during good Behaviour", which terminates only upon death, resignation, retirement, or conviction on impeachment. The Court meets in Washington, D.C. in the United States Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court is primarily an appellate court, but it has original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The Supreme Court is sometimes informally referred to as the High Court, or by the acronym SCOTUS.

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Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Roberts Court, 2009
Front row: Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Antonin G. Scalia, and Clarence Thomas.
Back row: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.