Supreme Court 2022-23 Term Preview

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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After a few months of summer break, the Supreme Court will begin its next term on Monday, October 3. And it could be another historic term. Some of the cases on the docket involve affirmative action, voting rights, free speech and religious liberty, and the Indian Child Welfare Act. Caroline Fredrickson of Georgetown Law and Adam White of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School join host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the key cases and potential themes, including Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s arrival, of this term. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center
0:07.7	and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.6	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan
0:13.9	nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the
0:18.2	Constitution among the American people. The Supreme Court is about to begin its new term on Monday, October 3rd.
0:27.4	It could be another historic one.
0:29.3	Cases on the docket include affirmative action, voting rights, free speech and religious liberty,
0:35.2	and the independent state legislature doctrine. To preview the term, we've
0:39.8	invited two of America's leading constitutional scholars to great friends of We the People
0:45.8	to join us.
0:46.8	Caroline Fredrickson is a visiting professor at Georgetown Law and a senior fellow at the Brennan
0:51.4	Center for Justice.
0:52.8	She served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
0:56.8	and was the leader of Team Progressive for the NCC's Constitution drafting project.
1:02.0	She's the author of several books, most recently the AOC way,
1:05.6	The Secrets of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's success.
1:10.0	Caroline, it is always wonderful to welcome you to We The People.
1:13.2	It's great to be with you.
1:14.6	And Adam White is an assistant professor of law
1:16.7	and the executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center
1:19.3	for the study of the administrative state
1:21.5	at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.
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