Acting Dean Keith J. Bybee, the Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professor, recently spoke with Agence France-Press on President Biden’s proposed reforms to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bybee said 6-3 rulings such as the presidential immunity decision make the court appear more partisan in its decision-making.
“But also, this majority is quite emboldened,” he said, rendering decisions that are “quite sweeping and overturn decades-old precedents” such as in the case of abortion.
“Those two factors together prompted a lot of concern among the Democratic Party about the power of the court,” Bybee said.