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How to Balance the Supreme Court

On this episode of Contempt of Court, legal experts Dan Epps and Steve Vladeck discuss ways to find the balance in our highest court.

Elie Mystal

August 1, 2023

United States Supreme Court justices pose for their official portrait on October 7, 2022, in Washington, DC.(Alex Wong / Getty Images)

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Finding the Balance | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
byThe Nation Magazine

Beyond raw court expansion, or the (probably unconstitutional) big stick of forced term-limits, there are a number of other ways one might go about balancing the Supreme Court.

On this episode of Contempt of Court, Elie Mystal speaks with legal experts Dan Epps and Steve Vladeck about potential ways we might find that balance.

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Beyond raw court expansion, or the (probably unconstitutional) big stick of forced term limits, there are a number of other ways one might go about balancing the Supreme Court.

On this episode of Contempt of Court, I spoke with legal experts Dan Epps and Steve Vladeck about potential ways we might find that balance.

Delegitimize The Supreme Court | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
byThe Nation Magazine

This is the eighth and final episode of Contempt of Court, our podcast series about reforming the Supreme Court. On this episode, we’re going to talk about the court’s only true form of power: legitimacy.

To discuss potential paths toward delegitimizing the Court, my first guest on this episode is Harvard Law School professor, Nikolas Bowie. He makes a compelling case that the people, through their representatives, should be the ones in charge, not the Supreme Court.

Afterward, Rhiannon Hamam, host of the fantastic Supreme Court podcast 5-4, has some thoughts on what’s happening on the ground, as people try to take back power from the Court through direct action.

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Elie MystalTwitterElie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is also an Alfred Knobler Fellow at the Type Media Center. His first book is the New York Times bestseller Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, published by The New Press. Elie can be followed @ElieNYC.


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