This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court fired off the first of what may become a salvo of shots aimed at reigning in President Joe Biden's so-called "Whole-of-Government" approach to climate change. June closed out a contentious, historic term in which the justices-all of whom serve with a lifetime appointment-split along conservative and liberal lines, 6-3, on a host of controversial issues. From favoring a football team's ability to pray at the 50-yard line to tossing out Roe v. Wade federal protections for women seeking an abortion, the high court did not shrink from its duty to lay down the law-even if it did appear to choose one side-time after time. Any decision by this court may set precedent for decades and influence policy well beyond a two-term presidency.
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