The case involves a web designer who says she doesn't want to create websites celebrating same-sex marriages. The question for the court is, can the government require an expressive business open to the public to take all comers? Or can you have claims of religious conviction or conscience overcome a state law prohibiting discrimination? In a way, it's a do-over of the cake case.
The last Supreme Court term was a blockbuster. The justices made a number of landmark rulings, including in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
The new term could be just as testing, with a series of deeply divisive cases on the docket.
Guest: Adam Liptak, a correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.
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