The US Supreme Court opened its current term, as customary, on the first Monday of October, with a docket consisting of cases accumulated over the summer recess, followed by oral arguments in pending cases. The pretense of normalcy could not conceal the reality of a high court facing corruption scandals, particularly involving its most senior justice,

Getting rid of Donald Trump using a set-up lone assassin on July 13 would have tipped the presidential race in favor of Joe Biden. But it didn’t work out.