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  • Democracy & Government
    Originalism and the New Court
    November 12, 2020
    Originalists believe that all that the original text of the Constitution should stand, as written, in the late 18th century. Originalists often refer to jurists who take the stance that the Constitution is a living document as “activist” judges.
  • Moyers on Democracy
    Lisa Graves: Will Amy Coney Barrett Stand by Her Man? He’s Betting a Second Term On It
    October 2, 2020
    | BILLMOYERS.COM TEAM

    On this week's MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY, Bill Moyers speaks to Lisa Graves about what's at stake in rushing Amy Coney Barrett's nomination through the Senate. Barrett is a young judge who has been nominated with the understanding that Republicans are looking for her to cast a vote for Trump from the bench.

  • Letters From an American
    How Far do the Tentacles of the Jeffrey Epstein Case Extend?
    July 3, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell was just arrested. Epstein was a super-shady socialite and convicted sex offender, Maxwell was his socialite companion, and had been rumored to procure and groom young girls for Epstein and his friends. It appears there may be a political angle to Maxwell’s arrest. Epstein entertained important people at his parties, including a number of men in Trump’s circle, as well as Trump himself.

  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Distancing, News You Need to Know
    May 4, 2020
    | Gloria Teal
    The team at BillMoyers.com brings you news — some of it good, some of outrageous, all of it important — that’s been covered up by COVID-19
  • Moyers on Democracy
    There Goes the Rule of Law
    March 22, 2020
    Stacking the Courts. Supreme Court watcher and podcaster Dahlia Lithwick tells Bill, “This is happening almost in the dark of night... There is this stealth attack on government agencies and their ability to regulate themselves. It is happening at the U.S. Supreme Court under our noses.”
  • Justice
    Will Trump's Enduring Legacy Be a Right-Wing Judiciary?
    August 25, 2017
    | Susannah Jacob
    The president is moving at a rapid clip to put ideological allies on the bench.
  • Civil Liberties
    Trump's Immigration Ban Shows Why the Courts Are Essential
    February 2, 2017
    | Kate Berry
    Our system of checks and balances made it possible for the judiciary to push back this weekend.
  • Morning Reads: Poll Finds Americans Losing Faith; Snowden Says Mission Accomplished
    December 24, 2013
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ...


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