To the Point
The US Supreme Court, the Constitution and American Politics
Before the end of this month, the US Supreme Court will decide whether President Obama's major achievement -- healthcare reform -- violates the Constitution.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBefore the end of this month, the US Supreme Court will decide whether President Obama's major achievement -- healthcare reform -- violates the Constitution. (We'll leave issues like states' rights and the Commerce Clause until the decision comes down.) Since the Court decided the presidential election of 2000, more and more Americans think it's made up of political animals. We look at the justices themselves, their concerns about the law and their legacies and the court's role in American politics. Will conservatives and liberals divide four-to-four and leave it up to Anthony Kennedy? Will Chief Justice John Roberts allow Kennedy to be "The Decider?" Whatever its ruling might be, has "the third branch of government" ever been truly separate from politics?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Lata Pandya
Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
David Savage
Supreme Court reporter for the Los Angeles Times
Massimo Calabresi
Time
Jill Lepore
professor of history at Harvard University, staff writer at the New Yorker, and host of the podcasts “The Last Archive” and “Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket.”