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How recent Supreme Court decisions compare to the late 1800s

Published September 18, 2023 at 8:40 AM EDT
United States Supreme Court (front row L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (back row L-R) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
United States Supreme Court (front row L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (back row L-R) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court’s new term starts next month. Some of the court’s recent decisions have drawn comparisons to the Supreme Court of the late 1800s.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Randall Kennedy, a professor at Harvard Law School, about those comparisons.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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