The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America
Written by Michael Waldman
Narrated by Robertson Dean
4/5
()
About this audiobook
In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021–2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy, and backlash. And he analyzes the most important new rulings and their implications for the law and for American society. Waldman asks: What can we do when the Supreme Court challenges the country?
Over three days in June 2022, the conservative supermajority overturned the constitutional right to abortion, possibly opening the door to reconsider other major privacy rights, as Justice Clarence Thomas urged. The Court sharply limited the authority of the EPA, reducing the prospects for combatting climate change. It radically loosened curbs on guns amid an epidemic of mass shootings. It fully embraced legal theories such as “originalism” that will affect thousands of cases throughout the country.
These major decisions—and the next wave to come—will have enormous ramifications for every American.
It was the most turbulent term in memory—with the leak of the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, the first Black woman justice sworn in, and the justices turning on each other in public, Waldman previews the 2022–2023 term and how the brewing fights over the Supreme Court and its role that already have begun to reshape politics.
The Supermajority is “a call to action as much as it is a history of the Supreme Court “ (Financial Times) at a time when the Court’s dysfunction—and the demand for reform—are at the center of public debate.
Michael Waldman
Michael Waldman is president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to revitalize the nation’s systems of democracy and justice. He was director of speechwriting for President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999 and is the author of The Second Amendment: A Biography and The Fight to Vote. Waldman was a member of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court. A graduate of Columbia College and NYU School of Law, he comments widely in the media on law and policy.
More audiobooks from Michael Waldman
The Second Amendment: A Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fight to Vote Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to The Supermajority
Related audiobooks
Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote—and How to Get It Back Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The January 6 Report Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Real Americans: National Identity, Violence, and the Constitution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Happened to Bernie Sanders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
American Government For You
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crimes and Cover-ups in American Politics: 1776-1963 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Have the Right to Remain Innocent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Watergate Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear: Trump in the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capitalist Punishment: How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn't Vote For Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the President's Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why We're Polarized Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Puppeteers: The People Who Control the People Who Control America Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Marxism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Democrat Party Hates America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Peril Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Supermajority
5 ratings0 reviews