Over the past year, the Supreme Court found itself the subject of an almost obsessive level of public interest. From The Today Show to the Harvard Law Review , the court’s machinations were a hot topic. Public curiosity about the court and its decisions is cresting, and the most immediate impact — both in terms of timing and personal effect — is quite prosaic: We lawyers are going to get asked a lot of questions about the Supreme Court at our annual Fourth of July barbecues.

Let me help. While scholars and lawyers will dissect the court’s recent opinions for years to come, this column will not contribute to that discourse. Instead, I want to give you a few talking points for the holiday and a summary of the court’s work this term.

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