This week, we present our first “The Hopkins Forum” debate, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, where we closely examine the nation’s highest court.
Americans, on both sides of the aisle, are having a hard time trusting the Supreme Court. According to a December 2024 Gallup poll, only 35% had confidence in the Court. So an all-star panel took to the stage to debate the following three questions:
- Should Supreme Court Justices Be Term Limited?
- Should Congress Expand the Court?
- Should External Ethics Codes Apply to the Court?
The debaters included The Honorable Jeff Sessions, former United States Attorney General; Ambassador Jeff Flake, once-member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Cristina Rodríguez, Co-chair of President Biden’s Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court; and Jamal Greene, prominent Supreme Court commentator and law professor.
Former U.S. Attorney General and Senator
Former Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Former Co-Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
of the United States
Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Supreme Court Commentator
MODERATOR
Host and Moderator-in-Chief
Thank you to the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University for their partnership in launching this series at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
What does the future of the Supreme Court look like? Listen to the debate on Apple Podcasts, NPR, and YouTube, and join the community on our website. As always, let us know what you think.
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