6 to 3: The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Conservative Super-Majority
Description
There is a six-justice majority of Republican appointees on the current court. They are decidedly more politically conservative than the three remaining justices – the Democratic appointees, who are just as decidedly more politically liberal. This talk will review the major developments at the Supreme Court, with particular focus on the impact of the Court’s 6-3 conservative majority. We will explore the resulting decisional record of the Court as a whole, as well as the voting patterns of the individual Justices.
Guest Speaker:
Vincent Martin Bonventre is the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School He received his Ph.D. in Government, specializing in public law, at the University of Virginia; a JD from Brooklyn Law School; and a BS from Union College. Dr. Bonventre teaches, comments, and advises on courts, judges, and various areas of public law. Those areas include the judicial process, the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals, criminal law, and civil liberties. He has authored numerous works and lectures regularly on those subjects.
The talk will take place on Tuesday, May 7 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Manchester Community Library, and also online via live stream.
