Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
What’s on the Supreme Court’s Docket This Term?
Speaker
Professor Glenn Smith
Coordinator
Mark Evans
Professor Smith will again present his popular
beginning-of-term preview of cases the Supreme
Court will hear and decide in 2024-25. Among
other consequential cases, the class will take a
detailed look at disputes involving the protection
of constitutional rights in state courts, the scope of
federal firearms laws and the ability of veterans and
employees to receive compensation for injuries. With
growing questions about the Court becoming overtly
“political” — and with ethical questions swirling
around the Court and its justices — this term will be
another one to watch.
beginning-of-term preview of cases the Supreme
Court will hear and decide in 2024-25. Among
other consequential cases, the class will take a
detailed look at disputes involving the protection
of constitutional rights in state courts, the scope of
federal firearms laws and the ability of veterans and
employees to receive compensation for injuries. With
growing questions about the Court becoming overtly
“political” — and with ethical questions swirling
around the Court and its justices — this term will be
another one to watch.
Speaker Bio
Glenn Smith is an expert on the
Supreme Court and constitutional law. Recently
retired from California Western School of Law,
Smith currently teaches as a Visiting Professor
of Political Science at UC San Diego and has
taught lifelong learners for more than a decade
at the Osher Institutes at both UC San Diego and
SDSU. He is the co-author of Constitutional Law
for Dummies. He received his B.A. from George
Washington University and his J.D. from the New
York University School of Law.
Supreme Court and constitutional law. Recently
retired from California Western School of Law,
Smith currently teaches as a Visiting Professor
of Political Science at UC San Diego and has
taught lifelong learners for more than a decade
at the Osher Institutes at both UC San Diego and
SDSU. He is the co-author of Constitutional Law
for Dummies. He received his B.A. from George
Washington University and his J.D. from the New
York University School of Law.
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