Sara Benesh - SCOTUS Lays Waste to America

Deep Dive with Shawn C. Fettig

**This episode was recorded September 29th - four days before the Court began it's 2022-23 term.
The United States Supreme Court began its new term on October 3rd, and judging on the cases that the Court has accepted for review, this term looks to be every bit as controversial and consequential, if not more so, than last term. On the docket this term includes cases that could dramatically impact things like affirmative action programming, voting protections, the ability of a state to regulate industries beyond its own borders, and if the Constitution allows state legislatures to be the final say in how elections are administered within their respective states – setting up a nightmare scenario in which state legislators could overturn the outcome of elections.

To discuss some of these cases and potential implications for continued reshaping of the American legal, political and social landscape as envisioned by the current Supreme Court, I’ve invited a frequent Deep Dive guest back to the podcast – Dr. Sara Benesh of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In addition to the cases, we talk about the continued fallout from the Dobbs opinion overturning Roe, the Court’s sinking job approval and legitimacy, what it might mean, if Justice Thomas should recuse himself from cases involving the January 6th coup attempt because of his wife’s seemingly active role in furthering that goal, and the impact of an addition to the Court – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first term on the Court.
Mentioned:
SCOTUS Cases: 2022-23 Term

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