Foreword: Appellate Issues In and Around Indian Country

The October 2019 Supreme Court Term was, like most other Supreme Court terms, packed with high-profile cases involving topics as wide-ranging as religious liberty, abortion, the Second Amendment, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and presidential immunity. Like the rest of the world, the Court’s usual business was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After canceling several weeks of arguments in March and April 2020, the Supreme Court commenced telephonic oral arguments in May.