Noah Feldman, Columnist

The Supreme Court Is Still Capable of Shocking the Nation

Justices Gorsuch and Roberts showed they’re not partisan robots in decisions at the end of term.

July 13, 2020 at 7:11 PM UTC

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People."

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The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last week was a blockbuster, with landmark decisions on abortion, LGBTQ rights, presidential power, immigration, religious liberty and American Indian law. No term in almost two decades comes close to having issued so many crucial decisions —with long-term consequences for millions of Americans.

The drama of the term was enhanced by what you might think of as coming-out events for two justices: chosen transformations that change the way each presents to the world.