There are several reasons why, including the justices’ own interest in cultural politics, the fact that right-leaning lawyers are more likely to bring lawsuits seeking to change the law when they have a friendly Court, and the fact that the justices have made so many recent changes to the law that they often have to clarify how their new legal rules work. I also included cases interpreting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, both of which are statutes that Congress enacted to : This category includes two sets of cases; the first is cases interpreting the Constitution’s guarantees that everyone may freely exercise their faith, and that the government shall not establish a religion. I wanted to compare the mix of cases the Court took before Trump made any changes in its membership to the mix of cases it took after all three of the justices he appointed joined the Court.
Author: Ian Millhiser
Published at: 2025-12-22 23:00:04
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