Here are some of the biggest Supreme Court cases to watch this term

The Supreme Court is back in session.

In the 2023-2024 term, Supreme Court justices will hear cases involving the Second Amendment, abortion rights, racial gerrymandering, free speech online, union battles, and Donald Trump’s eligiblity for office.

Now more than ever, US voters are keeping a close eye on the highest court in the land after two contentious years produced a series of negatively viewed decisions.

Going into the new term, US voters can expect rulings to align more conservatively just as they have the last two years because the court’s majority leans that way.

Therse are the cases to watch.

Eligibility for the presidency: Donald Trump v Norma Anderson et al

Justices will consider Donald Trump’s appeal of a Colorado court decision that found him constitutionally ineligible for the presidency for his actions surrounding the attack on the US Capitol on January 6.

The Supreme Court will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Mr Trump is ineligible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.

Oral arguments are scheduled for February 8.

Racial gerrymandering: Alexander v South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Justices are being asked to uphold or reverse a unanimous three-judge ruling that found South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District was unconstitutional.

The NAACP argues that state lawmakers discriminated against Black voters by moving hundreds of thousands of voters out of one of the state’s seven congressional districts, while lowering the Black voting population in all but one of them.

A federal court already found that the state’s First Congressional