A“terrific,ifchilling,account“(TheGuardian)ofhowtheSupremeCourt’snewconservativesupermajorityisoverturningdecadesoflawandleadingthecountryinadangerouspoliticaldirection.InTheSupermajority,MichaelWaldmanexploresthetumultuous2021---2022SupremeCourtterm.HedrawsdeeplyonhistorytoexamineothertimestheCourtveeredfromthepopularwill,provokingcontroversy,andbacklash.AndheanalyzesthemostimportantnewrulingsandtheirimplicationsforthelawandforAmericansociety.Waldmanasks:WhatcanwedowhentheSupremeCourtchallengesthecountry?OverthreedaysinJune2022,theconservativesupermajorityoverturnedtheconstitutionalrighttoabortion,possiblyopeningthedoortoreconsiderothermajorprivacyrights,asJusticeClarenceThomasurged.TheCourtsharplylimitedtheauthorityoftheEPA,reducingtheprospectsforcombattingclimatechange.Itradicallyloosenedcurbsongunsamidanepidemicofmassshootings.Itfullyembracedlegaltheoriessuchas“originalism“thatwillaffectthousandsofcasesthroughoutthecountry.Thesemajordecisions--andthenextwavetocome--willhaveenormousramificationsforeveryAmerican.Itwasthemostturbulentterminmemory--withtheleakoftheopinionoverturningRoev.Wade,thefirstBlackwomanjusticeswornin,andthejusticesturningoneachotherinpublic,Waldmanpreviewsthe2022--2023termandhowthebrewingfightsovertheSupremeCourtanditsrolethatalreadyhavebeguntoreshapepolitics.TheSupermajorityis“acalltoactionasmuchasitisahistoryoftheSupremeCourt“(FinancialTimes)atatimewhentheCourt’sdysfunction--andthedemandforreform--areatthecenterofpublicdebate.
