Article snippet: The Supreme Court's 2018-2019 term got off to a sleepy start, but there are a number of potential blockbusters on the docket for the new year. The justices are scheduled to wade into a dispute over a WWI memorial in Maryland that ignited the age-old debate over the separation of church and state, and they’ll hear a case involving a controversial citizenship question in the 2020 Census. Other major cases could also find their way to the Supreme Court before the term ends in late June. The Trump administration has made a flurry of requests in recent weeks, asking the justices to leapfrog the appeals courts and hear its challenges to district court rulings against the administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and its ban on transgender people serving in the military. Here's a look at the top five cases to watch. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to decide whether its decision to phase out the Obama-era DACA program is lawful. Federal district courts in California and New York have issued preliminary injunctions that force the administration to keep the program in place nationwide. The administration went around the 2nd, 9th and D.C. circuits when it asked the court to hear its appeal of district court rulings that found the administration's decision to end DACA was either unlawful or likely unlawful. In February, the Supreme Court denied a similar reques... Link to the full article to read more