How to Fix the Worst Type of Supreme Court Opinion

Jurisprudence Aug 10, 202612:16 PM Not too long ago, things were different. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Harris & Ewing photography firm/Wikipedia, Tverdohlib/Getty Images Plus, and U.S. Government. This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchical Supreme Court. In the final episode of “By the People,” our summer series on popular constitutionalism, Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern spoke with New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie about how politics are essential to escaping our current Supreme Court–caused constitutional mess. Ultimately, they conclude, finding a new constitutional meaning that actually embraces the public’s true understanding of t