When the U.S. Supreme Court closed out its term earlier this month, many liberals breathed a sigh of relief. The conservative majority, in its first full term featuring two appointees of President Donald Trump, delivered wins to both sides, raising speculation that the historically conservative Chief Justice John Roberts had shifted to the center.

But in the days since its last full opinion was released, the court has fast-tracked the first federal executions in 17 years and facilitated the disenfranchisement of nearly a million people in Florida. These decisions differ markedly from the majority of cases decided by the court: the capital case was decided without any justice identified as the author, and the Florida case came and went without any justice in the majority offering a reason for denying review.