The first day of the new term was different because after almost two and a half years, the public was back in the courtroom. They were hearing a fairly consequential case on the EPA's authority to regulate wetlands. So it didn't have that sense we left the court with. We had the sense that maybe they'll try to rebuild some of their relationships. It's going to probably be another difficult, if not wrenching term for the court as it confronts a series of deeply divisive cases.
The last Supreme Court term was a blockbuster. The justices made a number of landmark rulings, including in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
The new term could be just as testing, with a series of deeply divisive cases on the docket.
Guest: Adam Liptak, a correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.
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