Health care law looms over new Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court opens a new term as President Obama faces a key health care challenge. Justices may rule by June 2012 on the constitutionality of Obamacare, a central political contest amid immigration and affirmative action cases. Other matters include a First Amendment broadcast regulation, Fourth Amendment GPS tracking, and a death-penalty appeal highlighting representation. The court also weighs a passport case for Jerusalem-born Me nachem Zivotofsky, testing executive power versus Congress. More than a third of agreed cases impact business, per the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.