(Reuters) – The new U.S. Supreme Court term of nine months, which began Monday, is expected to be one of the most significant in recent generations. Justices will decide important cases, which may reverse abortion rights and expand guns and religious rights.

Below is a list of the cases that will be decided by the court during the term. It runs until June next year.

Dobbs against Jackson Women’s Health Organization

This case will be heard on December 1. It is about the scope of the Constitution’s right to abort. This case involves Mississippi’s appeal to revive the Republican-backed state law banning abortion after 15 weeks. Lower courts have rejected the state. Mississippi asks the Supreme Court not to uphold Roe v. Wade. It is the 1973 landmark decision that allowed abortion in the United States.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen

On Nov. 3, the case could be decided. It will also challenge New York State’s restriction on concealing handguns in public. This is backed by National Rifle Association. It could challenge firearms control efforts nationwide and test the Second Amendment right of Americans to keep and bear weapons.

Carson v. Makin

This case will be heard Dec. 8th. The case concerns a challenge against a Maine tuition assistance program which prevents taxpayer funds from being used to fund religious instruction in schools. One of several recent decisions that has broadened religious rights, the Montana Supreme Court approved Montana tax credits to aid students attending religious schools.

Shurtleff v. Boston

In a case that involves religious and freedom of speech rights, the justices will hear arguments from a group challenging Boston’s refusal to allow them to fly at city hall a flag with an image of a cross of Christ. Camp Constitution is a Christian group that claimed Boston had violated its First Amendment rights to free speech. Boston has never denied any flag request, including for LGBT rights.

United States v. Tsarnaev

On Oct. 13, the justices will hear arguments in an attempt by President Joe Biden to restore Dzhokhar Trarnaev’s death sentence from helping to carry out the attack on Boston Marathon that left three dead and more than 260 injured.

United States v. Vaello-Madero

The case will be argued Nov. 9 to determine if the U.S. Congress breached Constitution’s guarantee for equal protection. It excluded Puerto Rican residents from receiving a supplementary Social Security benefits for seniors with disabilities or blindness.

United States v. Zubaydah

Justices will be hearing arguments Wednesday on the U.S. government’s efforts to keep two former CIA contractors detained in a Polish criminal investigation over their roles in interrogating a suspect high-ranking al Qaeda leader who was repeatedly given waterboarding. Abu Zubaydah (a Palestinian prisoner held indefinitely at Guantanamo, Cuba) is the case.

Ted Cruz for Senate v. Federal Election Commission

In 2022, the court will consider the U.S. Federal Election Commission’s attempt to restore a campaign finance statute that limits the amount candidates may be reimbursed for personal loan payments to campaigns. Republican U.S. The lower court, in a challenge by Senator Ted Cruz found the cap violative of First Amendment free speech rights because it burdens political expression.