{"id":134703,"date":"2025-10-07T07:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/07\/democracy-on-the-docket-as-supreme-court-kicks-off-momentous-term-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T07:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:57:55","slug":"democracy-on-the-docket-as-supreme-court-kicks-off-momentous-term-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/07\/democracy-on-the-docket-as-supreme-court-kicks-off-momentous-term-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy On The Docket As Supreme Court Kicks Off Momentous Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>I think that this is teed up to potentially be one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms from the perspective of our democracy in our history<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/about\/leadership\/alicia-bannon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alicia Bannon<\/a>, director of the Judiciary Program at New York University\u2019s Brennan Center for Justice, in comments given to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.law.com\/public\/41854094\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com\u2019s Supreme Court Brief<\/a>, on the especially high stakes of the Supreme Court\u2019s term.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/democracy-on-the-docket-as-supreme-court-kicks-off-momentous-term\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Democracy On The Docket As Supreme Court Kicks Off Momentous Term<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Supreme-Court-Day-Staci-Zaretsky-scaled-e1649442389582-300x311.jpg?resize=289%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Staci Zaretsky)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>I think that this is teed up to potentially be one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms from the perspective of our democracy in our history<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/about\/leadership\/alicia-bannon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alicia Bannon<\/a>, director of the Judiciary Program at New York University\u2019s Brennan Center for Justice, in comments given to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.law.com\/public\/41854094\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com\u2019s Supreme Court Brief<\/a>, on the especially high stakes of the Supreme Court\u2019s term.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#2d5e594c4e446d4c4f425b48594548414c5a034e4240\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. 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