Week Ahead at SCOTUS: Wrapping Up 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments of 2017 last week and is heading into a four-week break. But first… one more conference and an order about DREAMers.

• It’s All About the Grants: The justices had their final calendar year 2017 conference on Dec. 8. That same day they added seven (!) new cases to the docket. Among the highlights are:

• Benisek v. Lamone, a partisan gerrymandering case out of Maryland.

• If this sounds familiar, that’s because the court is considering anotherpartisan gerrymanderingcase out of Wisconsin,Gill v. Whitford.

• The high court heard ...