Divided Court, Divided Nation

Sidebar by Courthouse News

In our ninth episode of Sidebar, we chronicle the pivotal cases the Supreme Court will hear over the next few months on divisive issues like abortion, gun control and the separation of church and state. Will the court's conservative majority pen rulings that could change the country's landscape?

Then, we dive into the conspiracy theory QAnon, the Jan. 6 insurrection, the events that followed the 2020 presidential election and the effects all of this has had on the American psyche. How did disinformation and conspiracy theories grow in the United States, and what sort of lasting effects may they have on the body politic?
Special guests:

• Ahilan Arulanantham, law professor and co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law
• Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
• Kimberly Mutcherson, co-dean of Rutgers Law School
• Ilan Wurman, law professor at Arizona State University
• Matthew Hannah, assistant professor of digital humanities at Purdue University
• Ethan Zuckerman, professor of public policy communication and information at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Zack Smith, legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation
• Marilyn Marks, executive director of Coalition for Good Governance
• Brooke Binkowski
• Jitarth Jadeja

This episode was produced by Kirk McDaniel. Intro music by The Dead Pens.
Editorial staff is Bill Dotinga, Sean Duffy and Jamie Ross.