Trinity College

The Supreme Court in a Polarized Age A Conversation with Kevin McMahon John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science Moderated by Maura Thompson ’21 In its 2019-20 term, the Supreme Court handed down some seemingly surprising decisions. We’ll consider the most notable of those decisions, the significance of the Court and judicial issues in the upcoming election, and the place of this Supreme Court in our polarized democracy. Kevin J. McMahon is the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science. His research mainly examines the presidency and the political origins and consequences of Supreme Court decisions. He is currently working on a book entitled, Uncertain Legitimacy: The Supreme Court in the Age of Trump. In 2014, the Supreme Court Historical Society selected his book, Nixon’s Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its Political Consequences (University of Chicago Press, 2011), for its rarely-awarded Erwin N. Griswold Book Prize. Nixon’s Court was also chosen as a 2012 CHOICE Outstan