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The Shadow Docket with Steve Vladeck

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CHAPTER

The Problem With Leverage

Steve Politi's new book is a look at the Supreme Court and its role in American politics. He argues that Congress has plenty of options to reform the court, short of drafting justices into a war. But he says it would have been better if Biden commission had focused on lower-profile issues like term limits or mandatory ethics rules. Political parties are always sorted into their camps by what they think will get them out of an upcoming case such as Dobbs v. Womens' Health Insurance Exchange (HHS).

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