good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
care about democratic legitimacy, when they never had basic numerical legitimacy to begin with? by now, we are all well acquainted without how justice s got on the supreme court. in the event the scene opens, the president nominates a nominee, it s presented before the senate, and a vote of four down on confirmation. unless this person is named merrick garland, but i digress. let s consider for a moment, the two senators to confirm from each state or not confirm each day from the percentage of the u.s. population they represented, using census data prior to each justices appointed to the court. hamilton college professor philip thinking a, political scientist, he did just that. and when he found, and you give us the data is rather shocking. senators who backed clarence thomas, for example, presented just about 48.6% of the population. those behind amy coney barrett, 46.8%, how about the kavanaugh stands? 43.3% of the american
into about just about every far-right maximalist impulse imaginable. this shock some, apparently, at the new york times, and other prominent outlets. it really shouldn t have, though. why would alito and thomas and kavanaugh and company deign to care about democratic legitimacy, when they never had basic numerical legitimacy to begin with? by now, we are all well acquainted without how justice s got on the supreme court. in the event the scene opens, the president nominates a nominee, it s presented before the senate, and a vote of four down on confirmation. unless this person is named merrick garland, but i digress. let s consider for a moment, the two senators to confirm from each state or not confirm each current justice on the court. the percentage of the u.s. population they represented, using census data prior to each justices appointed to the court. hamilton college professor
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