The U.S. Supreme Court chooses the cases it will adjudicate. Armed with that power, the justices usually assemble an all-star cast of interesting cases in a number of areas of law. Here are some of the highlights of the court’s docket for the upcoming term:

Criminal Law

Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604 (Supreme Court of North Carolina)—whether a police officer’s mistake of law can support the “individualized suspicion” required by the Fourth Amendment to justify a traffic stop.