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Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court has begun its new term by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia?s bid to revive its anti-sodomy law.
The justices took the bench just past 10 o?clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a partial shutdown.
Chief Justice John Roberts formally opened the new term without any reference to the partisan impasse over the budget and ...
Associated Press
Sep. 30, 2018 8:14 pm
The Supreme Court has begun its new term by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia?s bid to revive its anti-sodomy law.
The justices took the bench just past 10 o?clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a partial shutdown.
Chief Justice John Roberts formally opened the new term without any reference to the partisan impasse over the budget and the new health care law that his vote helped uphold in 2012.
