2025-2026 National Supreme Court Term Review

This Supreme Court Term in Review will be an engaging discussion about the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 docket, which includes cases that that address voting rights, birthright citizenship, tariffs, racial justice, reproductive health access, First Amendment expression, and other matters that relate to social justice and inequality in society. Panelists include journalists and civil society leaders who will provide an overview of the key cases of the term, discuss whether the cases create changes in American jurisprudence, and if so how, and analyze how the Court’s rulings will affect the rule of law, authority of the executive, separation of powers, reproductive health, rights, and justice, voting rights, the administrative state and more.

Session 1: Rule of Law Panel

• Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward
• Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women's Law Center
• Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator of The Daily Show and Chief Creative Officer, Abortion Access Front
• Phil Brest, President, American Constitution Society
• Moderated by Regina Mahone, Senior Writer, The Nation 

Session 2: SCOTUS Term in Review

• Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown University School of Law; Co-Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute
• Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
• Mark Joseph Stern, Senior Writer, Slate
• Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times
• Moira Donegan, Opinion Columnist, The Guardian
• Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Vernon Jordan Distinguished Professor in Civil Rights and Founding Director, 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy, Howard University School of Law
• Chris Geidner, Former Legal Editor, Buzzfeed, Editor, Law Dork

The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This event has been approved for 2.25 hours of California MCLE credit, which may also be applied in reciprocal states. The event has also been approved for 2.25 hours of Illinois MCLE credit, 2.7 hours of Missouri MCLE credit, 2.25 hours of Ohio MCLE credit, 2.0 hours of Pennsylvania MCLE credit, 2.5 hours of Virginia MCLE credit, and 2.25 hours of MCLE credit in Washington State. MCLE credit approval is pending in Minnesota. Click here for the Reading Materials, Overview Memo, Evaluation Form, CA MCLE Cert. of Attendance, and Non-CA CLE Cert. of Attendance. Attendees will need to sign in and sign out onsite the day of the event for their attendance to be verified. Please email info@acslaw.org with any questions.