The Big Q: What are the likely legal outcomes of the current US Supreme Court battle? September 28, 2020

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last week aged 87. A long time liberal voice on the US Supreme Court, her death has opened the likelihood of the court shifting to the right, perhaps quite dramatically. This is because President Donald Trump has nominated the conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg. It has also opened up an already bitter partisan divide in the midst of an already emotional election year. Doug Becker explores the role of the Supreme Court in American politics and the likely legal outcomes of this current situation with Sandy Levinson and Erwin Chemerinsky.

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