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  • Letters From an American
    The American Voter
    October 31, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Virtually no one is suggesting that Trump could win the popular vote, and his campaign’s plan is simply to get enough Democratic votes thrown out in swing states that he can win those electoral votes and clinch the election. Never before in our history has a candidate openly planned to win an election by gaming the system, but here we are.

  • Moyers on Democracy
    The Shadow Network
    October 21, 2020
    | BILLMOYERS.COM TEAM

    Bill Moyers talks with author Anne Nelson about the little-known Council for National Policy. Behind the scenes, the CNP wields immense power and will hang on to it by any means. Their current target: our judges.

  • Justice
    Trump's Finally Filling the Judicial Back Bench
    June 21, 2017
    Some of his nominees ran into trouble because of their snarky blog posts. Remember, kids, that stuff you write online never really goes away.
  • Democracy & Government
    Trump Picks Conservative 'Dream Team' for Supreme Court List
    May 19, 2016
    | Paul Rothstein
    Potential Supreme Court slate doesn't shake up the establishment; it seems aimed at gaining support from the Republican powers that be and shoring up his conservative credentials.
  • Campaign Cash Threatens the Integrity of the Courts
    February 22, 2015
    | Alicia Bannon
    An upcoming Supreme Court decision could allow judges to ask for contributions, putting justice up for sale.
  • Historical Truth, Nazis and the Corruption of the Federal Judiciary
    February 18, 2015
    | Mike Lofgren
    Intellectual corruption can be as corrosive to the integrity of the bench as a cash bribe.
  • Justice
    Why Our Immigration Courts Can't Handle the Child Migrant Crisis
    July 15, 2014
    | Stephanie Mencimer
    Immigration case backlog has increased nearly 120 percent since 2006, and more than 30 positions for judges are still vacant. Here's how the courts became so ill-equipped.
  • Slideshow: A Broken Confirmation Process
    January 18, 2013
    | John Light and Theresa Riley
    See how the growing use of the filibuster in the Senate has crippled the presidential appointment system.
  • Protecting our Courts from Predatory Politics
    October 12, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    The founders of Justice Not Politics join Bill to talk about what's at stake when justices are at the mercy of partisan passions and money in politics.
  • Justice, Not Politics
    October 12, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Exploring efforts to capture climate change in action, and the fight to protect our state courts from predatory politics.


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