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This R&D provides resources on pending cases and recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.  The Court will hear oral arguments in the spring about the legalization of gay marriage in all fifty states and is set to rule whether the federal government can provide subsidies to those who purchase health insurance on the federal-run insurance exchange. It is also set to rule on whether federal housing subsidies promote racial segregation.