Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The Supreme Court is beginning its new term, welcoming the public back to the courtroom and hearing arguments for the first time since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women's constitutional protections for abortion.
49% : On Monday, the court is considering an important water rights case that could limit federal regulation under the nation's main water pollution law, the Clean Water Act.
47% : There's also the case of a Colorado website designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her working with same-sex couples on their weddings.
40% : She was sworn in when Justice Stephen Breyer retired in June, at the end of a term where the court dominated 6-3 by conservatives also expanded gun rights, reined in the government's ability to fight climate change and blocked a Biden administration effort to get workers at large companies vaccinated against COVID-19.

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