How to Undo GOP Control of the Courts with Brian Fallon

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

The Recount

Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority: progressive legal elites have been telling Democrats for decades that the judicial branch must remain apolitical, while for decades, Republicans have been successfully reshaping the courts. Brian Fallon, the co-founder and executive director of Demand Justice (and a recovering establishment Democrat), explains the history behind the Republicans’ decades-long judicial strategy and how Democrats can counter it. He and Amanda also discuss Stephen Breyer’s decision to remain on the court; what Democrats should do about the FBI’s bungled investigation into Brett Kavanaugh; and term limits for Supreme Court justices. (Amanda flies solo this week as Faiz continues to hang with his very cute new baby.)

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1:07.2	from the Recount and I Heart Radio. I am still flying solo this week because FAS is
1:20.4	spending time with his very cute new baby who hopefully will make an appearance on later episodes
1:25.4	maybe in the form of crying or maybe a little video presentation. Our guest this week or my
1:30.6	guest this week was Brian Fallon. Brian is the co-founder and executive director of Demand Justice,
1:35.3	a progressive organization that's focused on reforming the courts. The work they do is
1:39.9	incredibly important because for too long, Democrats have left the Supreme Court and the
1:44.6	federal judiciary as sort of a side issue as something that should stay a political or nonpartisan.
1:50.8	Meanwhile, your Republicans have invested deeply over the course of decades in trying to politicize
1:56.6	and take ownership of these courts, understanding that to control the institutions and structures
2:01.2	that set the rules is to control the entire ballgame. Brian and I met on the Clinton campaign back
2:07.1	in 2016 where he was the National Press Secretary. So you might have seen him on TV a lot talking
2:11.8	about Hillary Clinton's emails. Before that, he worked in a whole bunch of different communication
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