The 2021-2022 term of the U.S. Supreme Court is widely considered to be the most consequential in living memory. Bruen, West Virigina v. EPA, Dobbs-the Court’s rulings in these controversial cases weakened gun restrictions, hobbled the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to fight climate change, and overturned the constitutional protection for abortion rights nearly 50 years after Roe v. Wade. In The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America, Brennan Center for Justice president Michael Waldman examines the term’s major cases, the meaning of “originalism”-a new, extreme method of interpreting the Constitution-and offers proposals for reform.
Join Waldman for an in-depth look at the tumultuous 2021-2022 term and a discussion of how these decisions will affect every American for generations to come.