Buckle up! 2022 is going to be a big one for the Supreme Court

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Roe may be overturned or be significantly modified.

Expect restrictive gun laws to be restricted.

Federal agencies may lose their preferential treatment in federal court.

Related to preferential treatment of federal agencies will be federal level COVID vax mandates. This may torpedo other OSHA federal worker safety standards.


Buckle up! 2022 is going to be a big one for the Supreme Court

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once observed that “it’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.” However, there are some years that are bigger than others. That’s what 2022 is likely to be.

The court has accepted a series of transformative cases with few available exit ramps. It recently added to that list.


In other words, it is likely to issue historic rulings on abortion, gun rights and an assortment of other issues.


The fact that the Supreme Court is going to hand down such decisions in a major election year is also noteworthy. The court tends to be more conservative in the selection of cases before major elections, but 2022 will put the court at ground zero in one of the most heated elections in history.


For those calling to pack the court to ensure a liberal majority, the already furious commentary is likely to reach near hysteria if the conservative majority rules as expected in some of these cases in the first half of 2022.


Here’s just a partial list of what is coming in the new year:


Abortion

Gun rights

Agency deference

New cases (Vax mandate cases)