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RSN: FOCUS: Amy Davidson-Sorkin | The Supreme Court’s Big New Term

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    02 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   John Roberts. (photo: Leah Millis/Getty Images) FOCUS: Amy Davidson-Sorkin | The Supreme Court’s Big New Term Amy Davidson-Sorkin, The New Yorker Davidson-Sorkin writes: "At a conference in Colorado Springs last month, John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, reflected on what he said had been an 'unfortunate' year for the Supreme Court." There is a feeling with this Court that the conservative Justices could make a landmark ruling out of almost any case. A t a conference in Colorado Springs last month, John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, reflected on what he said had been an “unfortunate” year for the Supreme Court. He hadn’t liked driving to work past “barricades,” he said, an allusion to the angry marches and rallies that accompanied a number of the Court’s cases last term. Many of the protests were directed at Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the decisio...