A Ground Shifting Supreme Court Term Comes to a Close

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This year’s ground shifting Supreme Court term comes to a close on Thursday. This term, the Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, expanded religious rights and struck down gun regulation. In the process, it has positioned its jurisprudence to rely heavily on historical precedents from colonial times to guide its decisions. With confidence in the Supreme Court at an all-time low, many Americans believe that the justices are out of step with the majority of the country. What will that mean for the Court’s future? We’ll talk to a panel of experts about the term’s most significant rulings and look at what might be on the docket for next year’s term when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joins the Court. Guests: Rory Little, professor; UC-Hastings College of the Law; former attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Margaret Russell, professor of Constitutional Law; Santa Clara University School of Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.0	A ground-shifting Supreme Court term came to an end this morning, with the release of the court's final decisions and the historic swearing-in of Katanji-Branji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer.
1:28.6	And what a term it was, the dramatic and unprecedented move by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs
1:33.9	to take away an established constitutional right, in this case to abortion, was actually
1:38.6	one of several bombshell rulings in cases on guns, religion, and the environment.
1:45.4	Today we look at some of those other High Court opinions, discuss how much they've changed the legal landscape and what they say
1:50.5	about how this court will wield its power moving forward. Join us.
2:00.8	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The nation's highest court this morning handed President Biden a victory in allowing him to lift the Trump-era immigration policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico, in some cases for years, while their claims were processed. But the Supreme Court also dealt a blow
2:18.9	to Biden's climate goals in a ruling with broad implications for environmental regulation.
2:24.8	Already in this term like no other, the court has taken away Americans' constitutional right to an
2:29.7	abortion, struck down a state's longstanding gun gun regulation and broadly expanded religious rights.
2:36.9	This hour, we look at some of the court's most significant rulings and the sweeping changes they bring.
2:43.4	Joining me now, Margaret Russell, professor of constitutional law at Santa Clara University School of Law.
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