Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone

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Few institutions are as tradition-laden as the U.S. Supreme Court, but the pandemic brought changes. Justices dialed in to hear their final oral argument of the term Tuesday- a case about sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenses. Their final call also falls on the one-year anniversary of the court's very first remote oral argument. John Yang reports on the big adjustment. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders