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Cato Video • December 16, 2019 

# Should the U.S. Supreme Court Overturn More Laws? 

In general, are most laws and regulations constitutional? Should the courts do more to enforce constitutional limits, or should they defer to the political branches unless there are blatant violations? Cato’s Ilya Shapiro and the Constitutional Accountability Center’s Elizabeth Wydra are joined by participating moderator Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution to explore the role of the Supreme Court when laws conflict with the U.S. Constitution.

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##### Jonathan Rauch 

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

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##### [Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro)

Former Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

![Elizabeth B. Wydra](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2022-06/Wydra.jpg?itok=mDQOlL8L) 

##### Elizabeth Wydra 

President, Constitutional Accountability Center

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