The court went out with a bang Wednesday. Or as Justice Sonia Sotomayor put it at arguments, "a bomb." 

This edition of the Supreme Court Brief explores some of the more off-beat exchanges that took place during nearly two hours of oral arguments Wednesday in Tyler v. Hennepin County. The case involves a 94-year-old woman whose home was seized by the government for unpaid taxes and then sold for a profit. You can read The National Law Journal's coverage of the hearing here. Plus, an interview with judicial ethics expert Amanda Frost about the justices' new ethical commitments.

14th century miniature of the Magna Carta from the Library of Congress collection.