Jubilee Day 3: Samuel Moyn on democratizing the Supreme Court

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English - January 06, 2021 14:27 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 576 ratings
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With the Supreme Court very much in the news cycle, Oren speaks to Yale professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, about why we should not "pack the court", as many leftists call for, but instead end the court as we know it.

scotusreform.com

Articles by Moyn:
https://newrepublic.com/article/159710/supreme-court-reform-court-packing-diminish-power

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-case-for-ending-the-supreme-court-as-we-know-it

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/reform-the-court-but-dont-pack-it/614986/

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/supreme-court-socialists-ruth-bader-ginsburg-death

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665032

This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.