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Supreme Court Decisions On Affirmative Action, Voting Rights And Gay Marriage Coming Soon

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Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post

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The Supreme Court could decide major cases Thursday on affirmative action, voting rights and gay marriage.

The court has three decision days left and 14 decisions to make. The court typically breaks after the end of June and announces decisions on Mondays and Thursdays.

The most-watched cases remaining are on Fisher v. University of Texas, challenging the school's affirmative action policy; Shelby County v. Holder, challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act; and cases on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.

SCOTUS Blog predicted that a gay marriage ruling is most likely to come on June 26 or 27.

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Supreme Court Justices
Chief Justice John Roberts(01 of09)
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Serving since: Sept. 29, 2005 (credit:(TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) )
Antonin Scalia (02 of09)
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Serving since: Sept. 26, 1986 (credit:(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) )
Anthony Kennedy (03 of09)
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Serving since: Feb. 18, 1988 (credit:(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) )
Clarence Thomas(04 of09)
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Serving since: Oct. 23, 1991 (credit:(TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) )
Ruth Bader Ginsburg(05 of09)
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Serving since: Aug. 10, 1993 (credit:(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) )
Stephen Breyer (06 of09)
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Serving since: Aug. 3, 1994 (credit:(TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) )
Samuel Alito(07 of09)
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Serving since: Jan. 31, 2006 (credit:(MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) )
Sonia Sotomayor (08 of09)
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Serving since: Aug. 8, 2009 (credit:(TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) )
Elena Kagan(09 of09)
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Serving since: Aug. 7, 2010 (credit:(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) )
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