U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 13, 2016
The US Supreme Court in 2016
There are a significant number of cases this year in which some are urging the court to overturn decades-old precedent.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Looking ahead to what is in store from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, there are a significant number of cases in which conservatives are trying to use the court to dramatically change the law in a conservative direction. For decades, conservatives have lamented liberal judicial activism. This year, it is the conservatives who are urging the court to overrule long-standing precedents and overturn laws adopted through the democratic political process.
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