It is an essential institution in the American system of checks and balances. In this new episode of “This is America”, we set off to discover the Supreme Court of the United States. As the bearer of judicial power, the Court and its nine judges are responsible for checking the constitutionality of laws and government acts. It has the power to repeal or rewrite them, and to change the course of the country as recalled by its great judgments, such as Roe v. Wade on the recognition of the right to abortion.
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As the battle for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, nominated by Donald Trump to succeed progressive Ruth Bader Ginsburg, continues, we asked Bernard Harcourt, professor of law at Columbia University, to talk to us about the importance of the Supreme Court, in particular the obsession it generates within the Christian right, and the imprint that Donald Trump will leave on the judiciary.
