This concluding chapter synthesizes the book’s central arguments and findings, emphasizing the dynamic and politically consequential relationship between the Supreme Court and public opinion. It revisits the 2022 Dobbs decision as a quintessential example of an unpopular ruling that triggered sustained public backlash, a sharp decline in the Court’s institutional standing, and significant partisan polarization. The chapter summarizes how the book’s novel survey-based methodology measures the ideological gap between Court rulings and public preferences, revealing significant term-to-term fluctuations. Key takeaways include the finding that the Court’s rightward shift after 2020 was driven by compositional changes, but also that the Court has levers, particularly docket selection, to strategically realign itself with the public without sacrificing its ideological goals. The analysis underscores that the public reacts more to salient rulings than to compositional changes, and that ideological disagreement drives down approval, erodes legitimacy, and fuels support for institutional reforms. The book concludes that the Court’s relationship with the public is a critical, fast-moving dynamic that shapes its power, legitimacy, and its complex role within American democracy.