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The Supreme Court has a blockbuster season BY ROBERT BARNES with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve Seated from left, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing from left, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Neil Gorsuch. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) THE BIG IDEA:   Let’s set aside for a moment the potential coming attractions. Whether, for instance, the Supreme Court might be called upon sooner rather than later  to decide the fate  of DACA and the “dreamers” brought here as undocumented children. Or — just to pull a hypothetical from thin air — whether a special counsel  has the power to subpoena  a president. There are already a gracious plenty of blockbuster cases on the Supreme Court’s docket — as well as signs that the fractured court is ha...