From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

America's highest court is in recess.

Hello again, I'm Arminowley, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look of the issues Americans care about most.

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up another term under Chief Justice John Roberts without last year's bitter attacks by

justices on one another. There were fewer five to four split decisions, but conservatives and liberals

still found plenty of reasons to disagree. On to the point, we'll hear about the death penalty,

voter ID, guns, and

Guantanamo Bay. As President Bush succeeded in pushing the court to the right, with as many as

three retirements possible, what can voters expect from McCain or Obama? On reporter's

notebook later on, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and The Trip to Unity.

First, here's the news.

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whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur

Foundation. Hello again. Warren Alney, back with To the Point. In the final weeks of this year's

term, the U.S. Supreme Court was sharply divided on the death penalty, guns in Guantanamo Bay. But compared

to last year, it's been an era of good feeling between liberals and conservatives. On To the

Point, are the justices less ideological,

or did they choose cases with less emotional impact? Will either McCain or Obama want to

reshape the third branch of government? On reporter's notebook, after weeks and months of bitter

political fighting, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton get together again in Unity, New Hampshire. We'll

hear about that.

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