Court After Obamacare Weighs Same-Sex to Race-Related Laws
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The U.S. Supreme Court will confront social issues that have divided the nation for decades in a new term that may produce its first ruling on gay marriage and a rollback of protections for racial minorities.
The justices took the bench today for the first time since June 28, when they upheld President Barack Obama’s sweeping health-care law. That 5-4 ruling, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the four Democratic-appointed justices in the majority, proved so contentious that it led to rare leaks about the court’s internal deliberations.