Introduction to Symposium: An Enigmatic Court? Examining the Roberts Court as It Begins Year Three

Abstract

We have styled this symposium as a question: Is the Roberts Court enigmatic? We have borrowed the terminology "enigma" from Winston Churchill's famous 1939 quotation, where he said, in relation to the mysterious actions of Russia at the time, "I cannot forecast you the actions of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key." Our topic today is not a foreign nation, but our own Supreme Court. We have brought some fine talent to give us a key to its understanding.