On Monday, after its regular three-month vacation, the nation’s highest court returned to work. During the next nine months, the court is expected to hand down arch-conservative rulings on everything from abortion to gun control to affirmative action; they might even chip away at gay marriage. In many ways, they’ve already spoiled the surprise, thanks to a number of shadow docket rulings while out of session, including the stunning move to sanctify Texas’s anti-abortion law that effectively subverts Roe v. Wade.
But don’t you dare say that the Supreme Court is a political or ideological entity. It’s above that.
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