Thread by @davidgura

"Whatever your views, the Supreme Court is at a very rare crossroads," @CassSunstein writes for the @BostonGlobe. "It's important to be clear about what's at stake."

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So, what's at stake?

1.
"Environmental regulations, above all involving climate change, would probably be struck down."

2.
"Roe v. Wade, giving women a right to choose abortion, would probably be overruled."

3.
"The Affordable Care Act would probably be struck down in its entirety."

4.
"Affirmative action programs would probably be forbidden."

5.
"The modern regulatory state would be in serious jeopardy."

6.
"The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other independent agencies would be in severe trouble."

7.
"Commercial advertising, and other forms of speech by corporations, would be given the same kind of protection given to political dissent."

8.
"Ordinary people, complaining that government officials have violated the law, would have far less access to court."

9.
"Civil rights laws and voting rights laws would be interpreted more restrictively. Some of them might even be struck down."

10.
"The Second Amendment, now understood to create an individual right to own guns, could be read expansively, and more gun control laws would probably be struck down. Congress’ powers would almost certainly be limited."

11.
"Property rights would be strengthened (and might be invoked, for example, to strike down some applications of the Endangered Species Act)."