Major Decisions Ahead for the Supreme Court

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Oct 7, 2022 19 min
Major Decisions Ahead for the Supreme Court
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<p><span>In its last term, the Supreme Court dropped bombshell after bombshell—marking major conservative advances on gun rights, separation of church and state, environmental protection, and reproductive rights. “The Court is not behaving as an institution invested in social stability,” the contributor </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jeannie-suk"><span>Jeannie Suk Gersen</span></a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/11/the-supreme-courts-conservatives-have-asserted-their-power"><span>wrote in July</span></a><span>. She joins David Remnick to preview the Court’s fall term.</span></p> <p><span>Plus, after covering the landslide victory for pro-choice forces in Kansas this summer, the contributor Peter Slevin has been following midterm races in Michigan, where voters this fall will decide not only on state and congressional races but also on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to an abortion in the state.</span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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