Accidental Promotions to Basketball: Supreme Court’s Remote Term

The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its first full term of all-remote arguments with sporadic tension, a bit of levity, some tinkering by the chief justice—and no flushing toilets, this time around.

The arguments in 58 cases between October and May were most notable for the absence of late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the addition of her replacement, Amy Coney Barrett, who stretched the court’s conservative majority to 6-3.

The pandemic last spring forced the justices out of the building and into an unprecedented phone-in format, during which each took turns asking questions of advocates. Here’s a look ...