I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate

information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

And today we will preview the upcoming Supreme Court term, which begins, as it does every year on the first

Monday of October. For those of you keeping track at home that is Monday October 5th.

The court has already accepted a handful of headliner cases, including three will focus

on today.

Enwell versus Abbott about the principle of one person, one vote, Friedrich versus California Teachers Association about

unions and free speech, and Fisher versus University of Texas about affirmative action.

After last term's blockbuster finish with rulings on marriage equality, the

Affordable Care Act, the death penalty and others, the court has set itself up for

another exciting round of decisions with the possibility of accepting

additional cases about abortion, religious exemptions, and more.

Joining me to discuss what's next to the Supreme Court are two of the country's leading constitutional

commentators.

Kenji Yashino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren,

professor of constitutional law at the New York University School of Law. He

specializes in constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature.

Kenji's also the author of the superb new book, Speak Now, Marriage Equality on Trial, which

he discussed with me in a wonderful program here at the Constitution

Center in June. You can watch it on our website at Constitution Center

dot org. Josh Blackman is an associate professor of law at the South Texas

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