After a tumultuous term that ended in June, the U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday to officially open a second potentially stormy term.
It may be hard to beat last term's sustained and dramatic turn to the right, which included most prominently the overturning of a half century of precedents that had guaranteed women the right to terminate most pregnancies. But the court may well rock the boat again, despite the fact that it finds its approval ratings plummeting to historic lows.
