Jurisprudence
July 24, 20265:45 AM
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by George Kendall Warren/Wikipedia and the U.S. Government.
This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, exploring how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchic Supreme Court.
Every summer, the nation waits to hear the Supreme Court announce, case by case, what the law is. This end-of-term ritual presents the court as settling the Constitution’s meaning. Yes, the court settles disputes between parties. At the same time, Americans who oppose the court’s decisions can challenge the principles on which the decisions rest, and they have done so for a very long time, in some instances ultimately succeeding in changing the law.
