As it often does, the U.S. Supreme Court closed out its latest session by issuing rulings in the most controversial cases on its docket. In the span of a few days, the court effectively gutted affirmative action, affirmed the right of private business owners not to serve LGBTQ+ clients, and blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt, all of which elicited sharp criticism in progressive quarters.
The flurry of rulings and the pushback they elicited called to mind what happened one year ago, when the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade sparked a political backlash that was widely seen as benefitting Democrats. But based on recent polling, it's far from clear that this year's major decisions will have a comparable effect in 2024. Adam Reilly discusses with Tatishe Nteta, a professor of political science at UMass Amherst and the director of UMass Poll, and Jesse Mermell, a former Democratic congressional candidate who's now the founder and president of deWit Impact Group.
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