A Recap Of The Supreme Court Term

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

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New York Times legal reporter Adam Liptak says the Supreme Court's liberal members have accused the conservative supermajority of engaging in politics and not applying established law to the questions before them. We'll talk about how the Court ended affirmative action in college admissions, limited the rights of gay people, and ended the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program, as well as the major ethical questions have been raised about several conservative justices.

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0:11.4	This is Fresh Air, I'm Terry Gross.
0:13.8	An analyzing the Supreme Court term that ended last week, my guest Adam Liptack wrote,
0:19.7	the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has been moving at a brisk pace to take on
0:25.2	some of the thorniest and most divisive issues in American society, including abortion,
0:31.1	guns, and race.
0:33.1	He added that this term has renewed questions about whether the court's approach threatens
0:39.0	the stability of the law and the court's legitimacy.
0:43.0	This term, the court ruled against affirmative action and gay rights and struck down the Biden
0:48.3	administration's student loan forgiveness plan.
0:51.6	Nevertheless, Liptack says the entire story of the most recent term is considerably more complicated
0:58.4	than that of the previous one, which had seemed to establish an unyielding conservative juggernaut
1:03.8	characterized by impatience and ambition and built to last.
1:08.6	Adam Liptack covers the Supreme Court for the New York Times.
1:11.8	We recorded our interview yesterday morning.
1:15.4	Adam Liptack, welcome back to Fresh Air.
1:18.2	So despite these blockbuster rulings that basically ended affirmative action,
1:22.7	limited gay rights, ended the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan.
1:27.4	These are all decisions in which conservatives were in the majority.
1:31.2	You say the liberal wing did better than expected.
1:33.5	And even David Cole, the national legal director of the ACLU said,
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