Supreme Court takes up contentious cases, in-person arguments return | USA TODAY

The Supreme Court is back in-person after a year of remote arguments. Here are some of the contentious cases on the docket. RELATED: Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19 The Supreme Court returns to work with a docket full of controversial issues – abortion, guns and the death penalty – that will thrust the justices into America’s culture wars in a way they largely avoided at this point last year. After a busier-than-expected summer break, when the nation’s highest court toppled President Joe Biden’s eviction moratorium and let stand for now a Texas ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, the court will once again hear in-person oral arguments and hand down formal opinions as it starts another nine-month term.