The Most Important Supreme Court Term in Decades

<p>The latest term of the U.S. Supreme Court will include blockbuster cases on two of the most contentious topics in American life: abortion and gun rights.</p><p>The cases come at a time when the court has a majority of Republican appointees and as it battles accusations of politicization.</p><p>Why is the public perception of the court so important? And how deeply could the coming rulings affect the fabric of American society?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak?smid=pc-thedaily">Adam Liptak</a>, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/us/politics/supreme-court-new-term.html"> Supreme Court’s highly charged docket</a> will test the leadership of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who has said that he prefers to guide the court toward consensus and incrementalism.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>