1. Supreme Court to Consider Racial Discrimination, Union Dues, Abortion Clinics, and Less Partisan Redistricting Select Supreme Court Cases During the 2015-2016 Term CaseStatusIssue at Stake Currier v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Pending PetitionAbortion: Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require Mississippi to exempt physicians at the only abortion clinic in the state from complying with health and safety regulation that applies to other outpatient surgical facilities? Evenwel v. AbbottArgument Scheduled October 2015 Redistricting: Did the three-judge district court correctly hold the “one-person, one-vote” principle under the Equal Protection Clause by allowing states to use total population and not requiring states to use voter population when apportioning state districts? Fisher v. University of Texas at AustinArgument Scheduled October 2015 Affirmative Action: Can the Fifth Circuit’s re-endorsement of the Univ. of Texas at Austin’s use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions be sustained under the Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Foster v. ChathamArgument Scheduled November 2, 2015 Racial Discrimination: Did the Georgia courts fail to recognize race discrimination during the conviction of Timothy Foster when the prosecutor struck four African-American jurors from the jury pool after claiming race-neutral reasons? Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association Argument Scheduled October 2015 Union Dues: Is it constitutional to compel public employees to submit union dues and do the union dues violate the employees’ freedom of speech? Source: SCOTUS Blog, October 2015; Kevin Carty, “The Ten Supreme Court Cases You Need to Know This Term,” Morning Consult, October 6, 2015.

2. Supreme Court to Revisit Death Sentencing and Healthcare Select Supreme Court Cases During the 2015-2016 Term CaseStatusIssue at Stake Hurst v. FloridaArgument scheduled October 13, 2015 Death Penalty: Does Florida’s death sentencing scheme violate the Sixth or Eighth Amendment? Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell Argument date TBDACA and Religion: Is it lawful, as part of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, for the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged to refuse to provide contraception to their workers through the Affordable Care Act? Montgomery v. LouisianaArgument scheduled October 13, 2015 Sentencing: Should a previous ruling, that decided mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders amount to cruel and unusual punishment, apply retroactively? Utah v. StrieffArgument date TBDUnreasonable Search: Should evidence seized during a lawful arrest on an outstanding warrant be suppressed because the investigatory stop was discovered later to be unlawful? Wittman v. PersonhuballahArgument Date: TBDCongressional redistricting: Was race used unconstitutionally in shaping Virginia’s District 3 lines, the only district in the state that has a majority black population? Whole Women’s Health v. ColeArgument Date: TBDAbortion: When does a new abortion law impose an ‘undue burden’ on a women’s right to end their pregnancies; and does the ‘undue burden’ standard permit Texas to enforce laws that would cause a significant reduction in the availability of abortion services while failing to advance the State’s interest in promoting health Source: SCOTUS Blog October 2015; Lyle Denniston, “Court to rule on abortion clinic restrictions,” SCOTUS Blog, November 13, 2015; Kevin Carty, “The Ten Supreme Court Cases You Need to Know This Term,” Morning Consult, October 6, 2015.