A Corrupt Court Faces No Accountability

A Corrupt Court Faces No Accountability

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Moira Donegan discusses the coming constitutional crisis.

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The American judicial system is facing a far-reaching legitimacy crisis, with Republican-nominated judges continuing to push an extremist ideological vision and Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Neal Gorsuch standing accused of serious conflict-of-interest violations.

Moira Donegan, who wrote on the issue in her column for The Guardian, joins the podcast to discuss how the courts are leading the country into a constitutional crisis. We also take up the failure of Democrats to use what power they have in the Senate to check right-wing judicial extremism and possible corruption.

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