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The U.S. Supreme Court returned to in-person oral arguments yesterday for the first

time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

ABC News is calling this year's term a blockbuster docket.

Here's why.

By the end of next June, the court could hand down major decisions on abortion,

handgun rights, the death penalty, using taxpayer funds for religious schools, redrawing of congressional

districts, challenges to the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine mandate,

continuation of deferred action for

childhood arrivals for young immigrants, Harvard's use of racial affirmation action. One reason

the founders created a judiciary in which federal judges have life tenure was to insulate

them from political vagaries.

Nonetheless, if public response to recent rulings is any indication,

we should expect enormous divisiveness and rancour in response to the court's rulings,

whatever they might be.

For example, the court's recent refusal to overturn a Texas' heartbeat abortion law sparked massive demonstrations,

including a nationwide march for abortion rights last Saturday.

Imagine the anger if the court essentially overturns Roe v. Wade, or if it does not.

Yesterday, we discussed the political chaos in Washington as reflective of our political system. Local communities elect leaders to represent them in cooperation, competition, and even conflict with leaders representing other communities. The result, while far from

perfect, is intended to be consensual progress toward a shared common good. However, such consensual

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