‘In the End the Court Did Its Job’ — a Former Federal Judge Reviews a Supreme Court Term Full of Momentous Decisions

‘In the end the court did its job’ — a former federal judge reviews a Supreme Court term full of momentous decisions

In the Supreme Court term that began in October 2025, the justices delivered major decisions in cases ranging from voting rights to citizenship to presidential power. The Conversation’s Politics and Legal Affairs Editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Dickinson College President…

This Supreme Court term was about weakening democracy

Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised that he would run the highest court like an impartial umpire calling balls and strikes. Instead, Roberts and his fellow Republican appointees have studiously moved forward a radical agenda. This term, the justices in Roberts’ six-three majority not only advanced their priorities, they accomplished them. As a result, Americans now live in a different constitutional order. The court reshaped the governm…

The Supreme Court's favorite branch of government is itself

The Supreme Court spent its just-completed term sidelining Congress and amassing power for the ascendant branches of government: the presidency and the court itself.Why it matters: As the court strips Congress of its power, decisions over people's money, jobs, votes and health shift toward the president and nine justices appointed for life.After this term, Congress can't insulate regulators from the president, limit political parties' spending o…

Supreme Court Sidelines Congress in Latest Term

“The Supreme Court spent its just-completed term sidelining Congress and amassing power for the ascendant branches of government: the presidency and the court itself,” Axios reports. “As the court strips Congress of its power, decisions over people’s money, jobs, votes and health shift toward the president and nine justices appointed for life.” ”After this term, Congress can’t insulate regulators from the president, limit political parties’ spen…

The Supreme Court Just Wrapped Its Most Damaging Term Yet — And Then Tried To Take A Victory Lap

The court has "converted a credibility problem into a legitimacy problem." There's an important difference — and it should scare you.