Supreme Court's December calendar: Guns, immigration, parental rights

The useful part

Justices on the high court released the December argument calendar Friday, which includes several high profile cases the court agreed to hear over the last several months. 2, justices on the high court will hear consolidated arguments in Viramontes v. Both cases involve bans on semiautomatic weapons out of Illinois and Connecticut, respectively.

How it works

• "Assault rifles are the weapon of choice for criminals and terrorists set on quickly massacring innocents, but are rarely put to lawful use," lawyers for Cook County wrote.
• The litigation brought a slew of gun rights advocates to the high court, including members of Congress.
• Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Jim Justice, R-W.V., Mike Lee, R-Utah, Cynthia Lummis, R-Wy., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, urged the high court to strike down the bans.
• The senators said state legislatures cannot be responsible for enacting laws that go against the Constitution, in this case the Second Amendment.

Details worth keeping

Supreme Court in December will hear arguments in cases on semi-automatic gun bans in Illinois and Connecticut, immigration detention centers, voting rights in Arizona and parental rights related to transgender children in Washington state.