The Supreme Court returned to the national spotlight Monday, launching its fall session with a pair of closely watched oral arguments that could foreshadow a term as important as the last one.
The courtroom was full as the justices convened, in part because of the importance of the oral arguments scheduled for the session – but also, perhaps, because it gave the public its first glimpse of the entire court after a summer of reports and rumors about strife between the justices triggered by the landmark decision in the Affordable Care Act cases.
