Obamacare who? Arizona immigration what? The U.S. Supreme Court is moving on, and there’s no time to linger.

When the U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2011-12 term this time last year, court watchers rightly called it a “blockbuster.” Against a backdrop of economic stagnation and election-year politics, the court tore through major issues like federal health insurance reform, Arizona’s tough anti-illegal immigration law, warrantless police GPS tracking and mandatory life sentences for juveniles. The National Review asked whether last year’s term was the “most important Supreme Court ever.” The pressure became so intense that by the time the dust settled in late June, the court’s marmoreal rivets had sprung unprecedented leaks.

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