The disappearing court packers
When former allies of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin fell out of favor, they would get airbrushed out of the official photos. Something similar is happening with the movement to add…
Just Majority
InfluenceWatch Podcast #328: Leftists Pack the Court
Left-wingers have been losing at the Supreme Court in recent years thanks to the intellectual success of the conservative legal movement, audacity in Republican management of judicial confirmations, and the…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #279: Environmentalist Potpourri
We’re trying something new for this week: A round-up of stories and discussions not long enough by themselves to carry a podcast, all put together. Joining me to discuss solar…
Just Court-Pack a Majority
Expanding the Supreme Court solely to dilute the power of its current 6–3 conservative majority—political court-packing—is one of the most radical proposals currently circulating on the activist left. For the…