The U.S. Supreme Court works on a schedule akin to your child’s long obsolete school schedule, which was based on an agrarian economy. Kids needed to work the fields during the summer months, so there was no school. (Schools have figured out how much time they spend in the early fall, bringing children back up to where they left off in May, which explains why so many families have Augustus Interruptus when it comes to vacations.) Not so justices, probably ever, and certainly not now! (I’m working on getting information about the origins of the summer vacation; if I get good information, I’ll report it.)
The 2014-15 term begins on October 6, the first Monday in October. (For film buffs,