But the Trump presidency and the forceful influence of his three Supreme Court appointees propelled the judiciary into a new period of polarization. And its makeup already had been heavily influenced by the conservative agenda led by the Federalist Society, founded in the early 1980s. The Court was already split along political and ideological lines before Trump. Relevant to the Texas case, Roberts had also tried to diminish reproductive rights.īut he was now witnessing a Court in overdrive, barreling ahead without him in deciding significant social issues.
Roberts, as a young lawyer, participated in that era, and on the contemporary Court has led the right-wing drive to erase voting rights protections and remedies for racial injustices, to forbid federal judges from reviewing extreme gerrymanders, and to lift campaign finance regulations. The conservative transformation of America’s highest court has long been building, accelerated by the efforts in the 1980s of President Ronald Reagan. This book explores how the Court and the country, prepared or not, reached this point. Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with CNN senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic about her new book, " Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences." Book excerpt: 'Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences'
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