The North Carolina legislature is making the argument that it reigns supreme. The chief justices of all 50 states have submitted a brief saying this is a fundamental intrusion into our nation's federalism. Four justices on this current Supreme Court have indicated that they're intrigued by this theory.
The last Supreme Court term was a blockbuster. The justices made a number of landmark rulings, including in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
The new term could be just as testing, with a series of deeply divisive cases on the docket.
Guest: Adam Liptak, a correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.
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