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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): .......the Supreme Court could reshape the political year.
Tackling separate controversial cases, the court will rule on the limits of government power in three branches of government: judicial, legislative and executive. Just yesterday, the justices agreed to take up a tough immigration law from Arizona that would, among other things, punish illegal immigrants who apply for or work in Arizona, and require law enforcement to detain anyone suspected of being in the state unlawfully.
The court has also agreed to consider whether federal judges acted properly when they redrafted legislative and congressional district lines in Texas. And in what could turn out to be the year's most consequential case, the court will decide whether a new federal law that requires individuals to possess health care coverage is constitutional.
The high court is expected to hand down all three decisions by this summer.
Joining us to assess the court's big year are NewsHour regular Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, and Jeff Shesol, author of the book "Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court."
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