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Monday, Oct. 2 marks the start of a new Supreme Court term. While the arrival of Justice Neil Gorsuch made major headlines, the cases last term did not gain much attention. The court’s 2017-2018 term, however, promises to be one for the history books.
On October 2, 2017, the Supreme Court begins a new term. The 2016 term saw a number of compromise decisions, as the Court operated without a ninth justice for most of the term. But in April, Neil Gorsuch joined the Court, and a conservative majority delivered a victory for religious freedom in the long-awaited case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comey. While 2016–2107 was not a blockbuster term with numerous high-profile cases, the Court decided important cases involving legislative redistricting in North Carolina and Virginia, property rights in Murr v.
Witnesses have sad stories to tell, and this lawsuit will allow them to tell those stories in a court of law. Two U.S. statutes are the bases for the action.
Today, August 25, at a press conference in Washington D.C., the National Council of Resistance of Iran announced its firm resolve to hold Ebrahim Raisi,
Ugandan authorities denied registration of Uganda’s leading LGBTQ rights organization last week, calling it an "illegal entity."