Commentary concerning the U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court has released its final opinions of the year. Among the most important was District of Columbia v. Heller concerning the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms). NPR's News and Notes (July 3) has a very full treatment of the question here. RealPlayer, 6 min 51 sec, no script. Several audio or video reviews of the high points of the Supreme Court's term are also available. A list of them can be found here.