Upcoming Issues at the Court

Its reasonable to expect that confirmation hearings will focus on questions before the Court next Term. Here are the leading cases for OT2005:

No. 04-623, Oregon v. Ashcroft assisted suicide
No. 04-1084, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal religious use of drugs
No. 04-1152, Rumsfeld v. FAIR military recruiting on campus and gay rights
No. 04-1144, Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood abortion parental consent
No. 04-1244, Scheidler v. NOW abortion protests