TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 5, 2020

“No other first Monday in October, the traditional start of a new U.S. Supreme Court term, ever has been like this one,” writes constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky in a recent issue of the ABA Journal. The country is in the midst of a pandemic, the justices and the country are still reeling from the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the upcoming confirmation battle of Judge Amy Coney Barrett all contribute to an unprecedented opening day. Chemerinsky looks at five “blockbuster” cases the court has already agreed to hear during this term. They are: California v. Texas, which involves the Affordable Care Act; Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, which involves the free exercise of religion; Google v. Oracle, which raises intellectual property issues; Jones v. Mississippi, which involves juvenile sentences; and Ford Motor Company v. Bandemer and Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, which involve jurisdiction questions.