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Lincoln Expanded The Supreme Court. Should We?
Published 3 years, 4 months ago
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Today, we look at the structure and practices of the Supreme Court, and discuss whether reforms could reshape it in defense of democracy.
On Today's Show:
Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School, and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), joins the show to discuss the history of the Supreme Court, its role in American democracy, and proposals to change it.