Supreme Court Term Preview: Conservative Consolidation, Not Revolution

Over the last several years, the Supreme Court has overturned abortion rights, ended affirmative action in higher education, given the president criminal immunity for official acts and killed independent federal agencies, to name just a few paradigm-shifting highlights. Although President Donald Trump could always do something so outrageous that the court feels compelled to weigh in, there are currently no major cases on the court’s docket that would overturn decades of precedent.