The U.S. Supreme Court’s return this week has many thinking about important decisions to come, with civil-rights rulings being a source of particular trepidation. But the start of the court’s new term also is a time to reflect on how past rulings intersect with new controversies.

A recent surge of high-speed police chases in New York City provides an important—and sobering—example of how much constitutional license the Supreme Court has granted law-enforcement officials to use deadly physical force.

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