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The Shadow Court and Protecting Democracy with Julie Suk

The Shadow Court and Protecting Democracy with Julie Suk24 sept.1 h 38 min

The Supreme Court is supposed to decide disputes, not run the country, so why does it feel like nine unelected justices can rewrite constitutional meaning with a single opinion? We sit down with Dr. Julie Suk, Fordham Law professor and author of The Shadow Court: Rescuing Democracy from the Supreme Court, to unpack how the Court became a primary constitutional lawmaker and why that transformation puts popular sovereignty under real strain. We dig into the mechanics and the history: Marbury v...