Much like a soupy subway platform in the summmertime, the United States Supreme Court is a hot mess at the moment. On top of the (pretty much) permanent problem of those stolen seats, every week brings new reports of serious conflicts of interest for the conservative justices, from Justice Clarence Thomas palling around on the private jet of one GOP megadonor billionaire to Justice Samuel Alito taking a luxury fishing vacation with another who had actual business before the Court. Oh, almost forgot to mention the recent revelation of shady Venmo transactions allegedly flowing from lawyers involved in SCOTUS cases to one of Justice Thomas's former clerks. Yep, that's our highest court in the land, folks!
Ethical infractions aside, in late June, the Court issued major decisions that effectively ended race-conscious admissions programs at universities across the country, invalidated President Biden's student loan cancellation plan, and essentially sanctioned LGBTQ+ discrimination by deciding in favor of a Colorado web designer who refuses to work with same-sex couples (although note that zero gay couples had ever asked to work with her).
So you're probably wondering...now that we're here in this muck, what can we actually do? Cosmopolitan sat down with Melissa Murray, Leah Litman, and Kate Shaw, the savvy legal scholars behind Strict Scrutiny, a Crooked Media podcast that dissects SCOTUS machinations with just as much fervor as they unpack Scandoval. In our conversation, we talked about how bad this SCOTUS term actually was, which Real Housewife resembles Justice Thomas the most, and what we can actually do about the Court's relentless assault on our rights and protections. |
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