The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday demonstrated that the “straight and narrow” may not be just the path to honest and moral behavior, but also a path to consensus on a bench struggling without a critical ninth vote.

In three of five opinions—Zubik v. Burwell, Spokeo v. Robins and Sheriff v. Gillie—the high court either punted the major legal questions to the lower courts or chose the question of least resistance to resolve.

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