Why Do Nine People Get To Decide Our Rights?

Learn how just nine Supreme Court justices came to decide our most fundamental rights, from Roe to marriage equality.

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Gain a better understanding of why nine Supreme Court justices get to decide our most fundamental rights. We’ll walk through landmark rulings — Roe v. Wade and its 2022 reversal, Obergefell’s marriage-equality decision, and the ruling granting the president broad immunity for ‘official acts’ — to show how much the Court shapes everyday life.

It feels like every day there’s a new outrageous headline, but it’s not always clear why these things are happening. In this series of short, shareable podcast episodes, we ask… “Okay, But Why?”