T HE SUPREME COURT decided just 55 fully argued or “merits” cases in the term that ended on June 27th—the lowest total since the civil war, except for the covid-curtailed term of 2020. Yet the justices have been busier than ever.

A recent Supreme Court ruling could allow President Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship to go into effect in some states. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times,

The Supreme Court 'could have simply decided that the 14th Amendment's clear mandate that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States" meant exactly what it said,