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US Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageAs October begins, the Supreme Court opens its new term.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of violations of constitutional rights. One is about religious rights. A second is about gun rights.

And the biggest case this year is a challenge to abortion...

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