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You're Wrong About Term Limits | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Term limits are by far the most popular form of Supreme Court reform. According to a recent poll from the Associated Press, two-thirds of Americans f…
2 years, 10 months ago
Start Making Sense: Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat, plus Supreme Court Wins and Losses
Cornel West is running for president as the Green Party candidate. On this episode of Start Making Sense, editor in chief, D.D. Guttenplan, explains …
2 years, 10 months ago
Edge of Sports: Solomon Hughes on playing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 'Winning Time’
From 1979 to 1991, the Los Angeles Lakers would become a dominant force in the world of professional basketball and in American culture more broadly.…
2 years, 10 months ago
Time of Monsters: Moms For Liberty and Its Media Apologists
Although only formed in 2021, Moms For Liberty, a group agitating for reactionary policies in schools, is already a major player in national politics…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elie Mystal's Court Packing Plan | Contempt of Court
When most people talk about expanding the Supreme Court, they're talking about adding a few justices. Two or four to the bench. But I am not most peo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Edge of Sports: 1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the Legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt
The year 1968 was a time of rebellion across the US and the wider world. Tremendous demonstrations and rebellions shook American cities in opposition…
2 years, 10 months ago
Start Making Sense: Summer of Strikes, plus After Affirmative Action: Jane McAlevy on Labor, John Nichols on Education
Two nationwide strikes may be in the works right now. The Teamsters have been negotiating with UPS for a new contract, and the Auto Workers have been…
2 years, 10 months ago
Time of Monsters: Moira Donegan on the Reactionary Vision of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ended its term last week with a spate of extremely right-wing decisions that included severely restricting affirmative action in el…
2 years, 10 months ago
Packing the Court! | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
On this episode, we start with the most powerful reform available: court expansion.
As a matter of Constitutional structure, Court expansion has alwa…
2 years, 10 months ago
Start Making Sense: The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, plus RFK Jr.
Crossing the abortion borderland from Texas to New Mexico: Amy Littlefield describes the heroic work being done in both states to provide help to peo…
2 years, 11 months ago