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The Roberts Court is Undermining the Republic Jun 06, 2023

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University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck has written a new book that outlines how since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the out-of-the-public-eye “shadow docket,” to regularly make rulings that affect millions of Americans without public hearings and without explanation. Conservatives on the Court have used the shadow docket to green-light restrictive voting laws and bans on abortion, and to curtail immigration and COVID vaccine mandates. The book is The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. You can buy a copy here.

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"We've seen crazier things." The Reporters' Roundtable June 2 Jun 02, 2023

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Debt Deal Winners and Losers. 2024: Christie, Scott In. Ron and Don at War. Trump vs. The Law. With Ginger Gibson, Senior Washington Editor for NBC News Digital, Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent for New York Magazine and Allan Smith, Political reporter for NBC News.

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Adam Schiff: "Public Enemy #1 for MAGA." May 30, 2023

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Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of California is a man with a virtual target on his back from MAGA Republicans. He was thrown off the Intelligence Committee by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Which kind of works for him, because it gives him more time to campaign for the Senate to replace Dianne Feinstein when her term ends at the beginning of 2025. Congressman Schiff was a major player in efforts by the Congress to hold Donald Trump accountable including being Impeachment Manager on Trump's first impeachment and as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He is a close ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. One of his main issues right now is the “ethics’ of the Supreme Court. And he's introduced legislation to provide a binding ethics regime on the Court.

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"A lot of balls up in the air." The Reporters' Roundtable May 26 May 26, 2023

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Debt Optimism. McCarthy Peril. 14th Amendment. DeSantis "Launch." Scott is In. 18 Years for Sedition. With Lynn Sweet, Columnist and Washington Bureau Chief at the Chicago Sun-Times, Scott Wong, Senior Congressional Reporter, NBC News and Philip Bump, Washington Post National Columnist, Author of The Aftermath and How To Read This Chart newsletter.

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Inside the George Floyd Murder Case with Keith Ellison. May 23, 2023

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The progressive Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is a man of many firsts. He's the first African American to hold a statewide elected office in Minnesota, and the first Muslim American to hold an elected statewide office in any state. A former Congressman Ellison ran for and won the Attorney General's position in 2018. In 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz asked Ellison to take over as a special prosecutor in the death of George Floyd. Ellison charged Derek Chauvin with murder and won a conviction. It is very unusual for police officers to be held criminally liable for deaths caused by them in the line of duty. Now Ellison has written a about the case and police violence, entitled Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.

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"That's Insane. "The Reporters' Roundtable May 19 May 19, 2023

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Debt Optimism. Work Requirements on the Table. GOP 2024 Gets Crowded. Abortion: GOP Poison. MTG in Charge? With Shirish Date, Senior White House Correspondent HuffPost, Maya King, Politics reporter for The New York Times covering the South and David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY.

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WTF Happened to Lindsey Graham? May 16, 2023

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The Bulwark’s Will Saletan has a new long article/short book entitled: The Corruption Of Lindsey Graham: A case study in the rise of authoritarianism. This is a very important and well-written and reported story that charts the fall of Graham from severe Trump critic to Trump enabler. He says it was a slow process for Graham and mirrors how a society descends into authoritarianism, one small step at a time. And before we realize what is happening it could be too late. The piece debunks the idea that “It can’t happen here.” Here is the link to the Kindle version and here is a link to the piece on The Bulwark website.

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"There are two realities." The Reporters' Roundtable May 12 May 12, 2023

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CNN’s Townhall Debacle. Trump Gives Evidence. Trump Assaults and Defames. Default Fears. Santos Indicted. Trump a Lock? With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief, National Journal and Abby Livingston, Writer for The Almanac of American Politics.

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Clarence Thomas: Ethical Disaster May 09, 2023

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Norm Ornstein has been studying and writing about Congress and politics for over 40 years. He is currently a Senior Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a mostly conservative think tank. He wrote (along with Thomas E. Mann) It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism. When it came out in paperback, they changed the title to It's Even Worse Than It Looks Was. Now he says, jokingly, if they did another edition, he might call it Run for Your Lives. This is Ornstein’s fifth appearance on The Bill Press Pod, so highly does Bill value his opinions and insights.

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" Are there ANY Rules?" The Reporters' Roundtable May 05, 2023

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Clarence Thomas “Ethics.” Trump to CNN. Trump “Rape” Trial. J6 Sedition Convictions. Debt Ceiling Looming. With Linda Feldmann, Washington bureau chief, White House/politics correspondent at Christian Science Monitor. Host of the Monitor Breakfast, Kirk Bado, Editor, National Journal Hotline and Dan Merica, National Political Reporter at The Messenger.

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