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Ghost Guns, Transgender Care On Supreme Court Agenda As Election Looms

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By Ann E. Marimow

 

The Supreme Court wades back into hot-button issues including gun control, the death penalty and gender-affirming care for minors in the term that begins Monday, even as the fast-approaching presidential election could end up dominating the docket.

Last term was marked by blockbuster rulings on the scope of former president Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution and place on the 2024 ballot, as well as federal agency power, social media regulation and abortion pills.

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The cases on the court’s calendar so far pose other significant questions for the justices: Can states prevent transgender adolescents from obtaining certain gender-affirming medical treatments? Can the Biden administration regulate homemade “ghost guns” in the same way as other firearms? Do age-verification requirements to protect minors from online pornography violate the First Amendment rights of adults?

Looming in the background is the November contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris — and the likelihood that a slew of lawsuits over counting ballots and voting access will draw the Supreme Court into election-related disputes.

That would put the justices in a pivotal position reminiscent of their role in the 2000 election, when the Supreme Court’s decision assured victory for George W. Bush over Al Gore and bitterly divided the nation.

“I don’t think the court wants to get involved, but it may be forced to,” David Cole, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said during a term-preview discussion led by Georgetown Law’s Supreme Court Institute.

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