Has the Supreme Court Cleared the Way for a Grand Compromise?

Recent decisions by the Court might force Americans to put a price on their stated principles.

The day after I wrote my last Monday Note in reaction to the Dobbs ruling, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in West Virginia v. EPA that was no less impactful. Both cases sought to limit the proliferation of legal activism in favor of more democratic mechanisms. Dobbs overturned a legal precedent that the Court found had no standing in the Constit…