The Constitutional Pivot

Over the last few weeks of the recently-concluded term, the Supreme Court handed down one blockbuster decision after another on issues including religious liberty, guns, the limits of the administrative state, and of course abortion. The decisions have sent shockwaves through the political system, and many are saying that this term will go down as one of the most important turning points in the history of the Court, as it shifts sharply in a more originalist direction.