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This year at the Supreme Court: Gay rights, gun rights and Native rights

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court begins its newest session on the first Monday in October.AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The Supreme Court begins its annual session on Oct. 7 and will take up a series of cases likely to have political reverberations in the 2020 elections.

Major cases this year address the immigration program for young people (“Dreamers”) known...

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