‘Democracy is at risk’: inside the fight for supreme court reform

‘The series of recent events have left no doubt today that the supreme court is a political body,’ said Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

The supreme court has concluded another term that upended Americans’ lives.

Last week, the court’s conservative supermajority ruled against race-conscious decisions in college admissions, overturning decades of precedent supporting affirmative action. A day later, the six conservative justices both struck down Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan and sided with a Colorado-based business owner who wanted to refuse service to same-sex couples.