Notwithstanding にもかかわらず　かたく

“Notwithstanding President Trump’s three appointments, this term suggests that it’s too early to write an obituary for the Roberts court,” said David Cole, the national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union. 

palpable 明白 perceptible

Placid = calm, even tempered

Over the course of what was until its end a relatively placid term, there were six decisions that split 6 to 3 along ideological lines in argued cases with signed majority opinions.

Steamroll 強引に押し切る

For much of the last nine months, the court seemed to have defied predictions that the newly expanded conservative majority of six Republican appointees would regularly steamroll their three liberal colleagues.

in flux 流動的

A Supreme Court Term Marked by a Conservative Majority in Flux