Gorsuch Gives Conservatives Edge in New Supreme Court Term

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first full term on the U.S. Supreme Court promises to show just how much was at stake with his appointment.

The term that opens Monday is full of ideologically divisive cases that could turn on a single vote, starting with arguments over worker class-action lawsuits and political gerrymandering of election districts. The court will consider whether gay rights must yield to business owners’ religious beliefs, and the justices on Thursday added a fight over mandatory union fees paid by government workers.

The term “will be momentous,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted this ...