The U.S. Supreme Court term is nearly over, but the influence of the
newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, is likely to have an immediate effect on
one of the most important cases yet to be heard and on helping select
cases the court will take up next.
History will be made Monday when Justice Anthony
Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Gorsuch at a White House
ceremony. Never before has a sitting justice sworn in a former clerk to
become a colleague on the high court bench. Chief Justice John Roberts
will privately administer the separate constitutional oath earlier in
the day.
The court hears the final 13 cases of the term
during the last two weeks in April, when it will be back at full
strength for the first time since Antonin Scalia died 14 months ago.
Gorsuch will not be able to vote on cases that were argued before he
arrived at the court, but he may have a decisive role to play in an
important freedom of religion case to be heard April 19.
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