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Court Packing

extremism Apr. 15, 2021

McConnell Howls About Court-packing Just As Pelosi Nixes ItIt’s a good example of how smears of the opposing party can run abruptly into countervailing reality.

By Ed Kilgore
politics Apr. 7, 2021

Justice Breyer Is Missing the Point on Court PackingThe justice’s warning against proposed structural changes to the Supreme Court confuses remedies for politicization with causes.

By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020 Oct. 7, 2020

Pence Failed at His One Debate Job: Shifting the Focus From COVID-19After the VP debate, the campaign still revolves around COVID-19 spreading through the White House and Trump’s terrible pandemic response.

By Ed Kilgore
supreme court July 17, 2020

RBG Health Scare a Reminder of Republican Plans to Ram Through Nominee This YearFlipping a liberal Supreme Court seat could happen as late as a post-election lame-duck session of the Senate.

By Ed Kilgore
u.s. constitution Sept. 17, 2019

Please, No Lectures on Fidelity to the Constitution From Josh HawleyThe Republican senator’s idea of the constitution is strictly as a vehicle for the authoritarian cultural order he prefers.

By Ed Kilgore
judiciary Sept. 17, 2019

Should Democrats Plan on Packing the Courts in 2021?Certainly the threat of judicial reform should stay on the table so long as conservatives use judges to thwart democracy, as they did in FDR’s day.

By Ed Kilgore