The Supreme Court’s Regrettable 2022 Social Justice Decisions

By Jerry Hartman, Foundation President and Board Chair

The five Supreme Court decisions affecting social justice issues in the country this past term will have a profound effect on American lives for years to come. The Foundation joins with other social justice organizations that have expressed their outrage at these five decisions decided by the Court’s conservative members.

This article recounts the five decisions, other than the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion decision already discussed in a prior Foundation posting, that will most significantly erode core rights valued by so many Americans. Underlying these cases are societal issues affecting all Americans.  

The Foundation’s view

Taken as a whole, these five decisions demonstrate the loss of individual and societal rights resulting from judicially expressed views held by six conservative justices, three of whom were newly appointed by a President elected by a minority of voters and despised by so many for his outrageous actions.

The Barbara McDowell Foundation will support and fund in the future social justice litigation that challenges the outcomes of these five destructive decisions affecting the rights and freedoms of all of us. While not easy, our task is guided by the principle that our government was founded upon the belief of equality for all, not privilege for the few.


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