I felt so vindicated that we accomplished what we set out to do in 2017, which was to not

just protect DACA, but to really change the way that we see and how we define what

it means to be American.

It's an opinion that in its understated way recognizes the equality of LGBT Americans

every bit as much as the opinions of Justice Kennedy.

Hi and welcome back to Amicus.

This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the Supreme Court and the rule of law and

the Constitution, all that good stuff.

I'm Dahlia Lithuick.

I cover some of that good stuff for Slate and this week represented a truly extraordinary

week.

It was an extraordinary week for LGBTQ Americans, for 700,000 dreamers, for so many people with

blockbuster decisions landing in the midst of continued lockdowns, discontinued lockdowns,

mass protest, generalized national anxiety.

We're going to spend some time really thinking about what that means.

Later on in the show, Slate Plus members will get to catch up with Mark Joseph Stern on

the Supreme Court term that is circling, circling to a close above us, but we never know

when it will end.

And he's going to try to answer the question, who is this new John Roberts?

Beyond the headline decisions, the high court swatted away a raft of gun cases, a challenge

to sanctuary city's laws, and some opportunities to revisit its qualified immunity doctrine.

That's been a shield for police accountability.

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