
Friday, June 27, marked the final day of the ’24-’25 Supreme Court term. This year brought a series of stunning, high-stakes decisions that delivered major setbacks for reproductive rights and civil liberties—from a landmark case threatening judiciary checks and birthright citizenship and a ruling that expands parental opt-outs in public schools, to the Court’s decision to uphold both South Carolina’s ban on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans teens.
On July 2, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University hosted its 15th annual Supreme Court Term in Review, co-hosted by Ms. magazine, Ms. Studios and others, which brought together legal scholars, litigators, journalists and activists to reflect on the most consequential rulings of the 2024-’25 term.
“We should not have to have seances with slave owners to know what our rights are today.”
—Lourdes A. Rivera
“The president can, with the stroke of a pen, revoke your constitutional right to citizenship.”
—Jamelle Bouie
“The Supreme Court and Congress are basically enabling this. Not just being feckless, but enabling it.”
—Lourdes A. Rivera
“I thought Justice Barrett was extraordinarily disrespectful toward Justice Jackson in that opinion.”
—Mark Joseph Stern
“We get hope from our clients and the communities that are stepping up when many elite institutions are not.”
—Skye Perryman