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The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has appealed to history to justify its recent opinions that have eviscerated reproductive freedom, gun control, and affirmative action. With its hard originalist turn, the Court has signaled that more such opinions are in store, making the past a battleground for the future of the Constitution. But should history be the sole source of rights? And what if the history that the Court has relied on is flat-out wrong?

The Court has placed the work of professional historians in the middle of a critical national conversation. And historians have a lot to say.

Speakers: Laura Edwards, Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty, Princeton University // Kate Masur, Board of Visitors Professor, Northwestern University // Karen Tani, Seaman Family University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School // Moderator: Adam Serwer, Staff Writer, The Atlantic