The big Supreme Court news today is a recent New York Times/CBS News poll showing that only 44 percent of Americans approve of the Nine. The Times notes that the Court’s popularity may have slipped because people think that the Court’s opinions, like Bush v. Gore and Citizens United, are influenced by personal or political views.

Perhaps a new batch of 2012 Term cases will spike the Court’s approval rating. Here are three cases that we’ve been thinking about this week.

While none of these cases are likely to generate the media storm that the Affordable Care Act did during the 2011 Term, the 2012 Term could have its own mega-case: Both the Defense of Marriage Act and California Proposition 8 are poised for petitions to the Supreme Court.

Related Resources:

  • Clapper v. Amnesty International USA (FindLaw’s CaseLaw)
  • Tibbals v. Carter (Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
  • Bailey v. United States (FindLaw’s CaseLaw)

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