Rights: What's At Stake This Fall
The nine-member Supreme Court interprets the Constitution and reviews laws that affect a wide range of our rights as Americans. Right now, the Court is closely divided on important questions, so the people appointed to fill the vacancies expected on the Court over the next few years will have a huge effect on individual Americans’ ability to seek justice in the courts. Just one more rigidly ideological justices like George W. Bush appointees John Roberts or Samuel Alito could radically change many of our fundamental rights.
The following pages outline, issues by issue, some of the critical rights and protections at risk with the selection of new Supreme Court Justices:
