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    6 Themes To Pay Attention To In Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions

    From the Census citizenship question and political gerrymandering to the separation of church and state, the high court will make some rulings of consequence over the next month.
    by Domenico Montanaro May 21, 2019 3 minutes
    A World War I memorial cross sits in Bladensburg, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the cross, which critics say is an unconstitutional state religious endorsement.

    It's decision season at the Supreme Court, and there are a host of consequential cases the justices are deciding, from a controversial Trump administration proposal to adding a citizenship question to the Census to gerrymandering and a question of separation of church and state.

    As is always the case, timing of which exact cases will be decided is unknown until the court releases them. The only clues are when the cases were argued, and, sometimes, that's not predictive either.

    Generally, however, the more complicated

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