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Oct 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opens a new nine-month term loaded with important cases on issues including gun rights, the power of federal agencies, the legality of Republican-drawn electoral districts, social media regulation, Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement and even one involving the size of Donald Trump's hands...
The justices are due to hear a bid by South Carolina officials to revive a Republican-crafted voting map that a lower court concluded had unconstitutionally "exiled" 30,000 Black voters from a closely contested U.S. House of Representatives district..
The administration appealed a lower court's ruling in a lawsuit by trade groups representing the payday loan industry that found that the funding mechanism violated the constitutional provision giving lawmakers the power of the purse..
They took up two cases involving technology industry challenges portraying the laws restricting the content-moderation practices of large social media platforms as a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protections for freedom of speech..
Exploring free speech rights in the social media era, the court will consider whether the Constitution's First Amendment bars government officials from blocking critics on platforms like Facebook and X, formerly called Twitter..
