The Supreme Court Is Towering Over Our Lives. Here Are Three Quick Fixes.

Jurisprudence July 29, 20265:45 AM Our branches of government as currently constituted. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by eric1513/Getty Images Plus, Amy Sparwasser/Getty Images Plus, and Tverdohlib/Getty Images Plus. 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. The Supreme Court’s reputation is at an all-time low, and for good reason. It just wrapped up one of the most consequential terms of the modern era, in which it dismantled voting rights, overturned one precedent after another, and ruled against some of America’s most vulnerable populations with seeming ideological glee. Half the country now disapproves of the court; a little more than one-third of