From gerrymandering to voter purging - the critical issues facing the supreme court

The Guardian: When Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the upcoming US supreme court season would be “momentous”, the celebrated liberal justice probably didn’t mean it as a good thing.

With the addition to the bench of Trump’s nominee Neil Gorsuch, and a broad swath of ideological cases on the docket, conservatives hope the supreme court is on the brink of a banner year.

Gorsuch will be another conservative voice on the court, continuing the trend of recent years, and once again, moderate justice Anthony Kennedy – Gorsuch’s former mentor – will be the key swing vote.

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