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Constitutional Crisis HotlineAuthor: Jed Shugerman, Julie Suk
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Supreme Court Roundup
Episode 16
Thursday, 27 July, 2023
Fordham Law professors Tracy Higgins, Abner Greene, and Ethan Leib join Julie Suk on the Constitutional Crisis Hotline to analyze the major cases of the Supreme Court Term that just ended, and then debate about the public criticisms of the Court’s legitimacy.In the last few weeks, the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action programs, calling into question whether institutions can promote diversity in race conscious ways. It protected the free expression of a Christian website designer who opposes same-sex marriage against a Colorado law that would require her to offer her services to same-sex couples. The Court also struck down President Biden's effort to forgive student loan debt during the pandemic. Is the Court redefining the policy landscape on a broad range of socially divisive issues? Do these decisions--taken together with its decisions last Term on abortion and guns--call the Court's legitimacy into question? What are we talking about when we question the Court's legitimacy anyway? And what cases should we look out for this coming Fall?Recent decisions discussed:Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard UniversityAllen v. Milligan303 Creative v. ElenisSackett v. EPABiden v. Nebraska Upcoming cases to watch:U.S. v. RahimiNetchoice v. Paxton (if the Court decides to grant cert.)Alexander v. South CarolinaLoper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
