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Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
Law360 (July 1, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT) -- A new justice. Surprise coalitions. A first lone dissent from the chief justice. And, in the last push to the end of the term, two opinions that saw the justices sharply divided along ideological lines on questions of politics, money and elections.
The Supreme Court's 2020 term began just a month before a contentious presidential election, with the court reckoning with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Amid an ongoing public health crisis, the court held all arguments remotely, continuing a practice it had rushed to implement last spring.