By Melissa Murray

Dear Listener,

It’s that time of year again! Trees are blooming. The weather’s turning. And for avid Court watchers, it’s the season where we anxiously await the Court’s decisions on the cases that it heard this term.

It’s worth noting that this most recent Supreme Court term was eventful, even before it officially launched on the first Monday in October. First, the Court’s docket was relatively light compared to recent years, suggesting that the justices were clearing their calendars in anticipation of a possible Bush v. Gore-style legal challenge over the results of the 2020 presidential election. Happily for the Court, there was no existential election-related challenge to be resolved, although there were certainly some minor skirmishes along the way.