Impeachment Fight Lurks as Supreme Court Tackles Divisive Issues

Even before the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump arose, the U.S. Supreme Court term that opens Monday was going to thrust the justices into the nation’s political wars in the run-up to next year’s election.

In its first full term with two Trump appointees, the court is planning to hear fights over gay and transgender rights, deportation protections and gun regulations. On Friday the justices added an abortion case, the first since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation created a stronger conservative majority.

“It will be a momentous term for the rights of individuals,” said David Cole, national legal ...