TODAY WAS A BIG DAY AT THE SUPREME COURT, with a lot of major grants of certiorari in high-profile areas. I mentioned the sodomy case below, but affirmative action, several criminal-rights cases, and other important stuff is now on the docket. One reader speculates that Rehnquist has decided this will be his last term of Court and wants to go out with a bang. I don’t know, but it’s certainly become an interesting term.