public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you today from london. on the program, ukraine s counter offensive has officially begun. what do the early signs reveal and what exactly is at stake in? i ll ask an all of had star panel. also, the electric vehicle revolution. europe and china are far ahead of america. can the u.s. catch up? i ll talk to bill ford the executive chair of the ford motor company. finally, the supreme court. it s supposed to be the final check, the ultimate safeguard to preserve america s bedrock values, but is it now itself a danger to democracy? a new book says just that. but first, here s my take. if you were surprised by saudi arabia s de facto takeover of professional golf, get ready for many more such announcements in the months and years to come. the rise of the gulf and particularly saudi arabia is already reshaping the middle east, but it will also have powerful consequence
counter offensive has officially begun. what do the early signs reveal? and what exactly is at stake? i ll ask an all-star family. also, the electric vehicle revolution. europe and china are far ahead of america. can the u.s. catch up? i ll talk to bill ford, the executive chair of the ford motor company. finally the supreme court. it is supposed to be the final check, the ultimate safeguard to preserve america s bedrock values. but it is now itself a danger to democracy. a new book said just that. but first, here is my take. if you are surprised by saudi arabia s defactor takeover of professional golf, get ready for many more such announcements in the months and years to come. the rise of the golf and particularly saudi arabia is already reshaping the middle east. but it will also have powerful consequences across the world. a quick quiz. what was the world s fastest growing large economy last year? if you guessed india or china, you re wrong. the answer is of course s
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super majority and they ve begun to make very, very radical and extreme and activist rulings that are remaking society in basic ways. it poses a threat i think to our notions of democracy. it is changing the country in ways people are only beginning to understand and i think it is going to lead to a pretty big backlash at the same time. what would you say to conservatives who say, well, look, you have the warren court making liberal big important decisions that were liberal, and why was that okay but it is not okay? there have been times in the country s history where we need the court to take steps to protect equal rights even when the political system isn t interested in. brown v. board of education is an example of that and it is the beginning of the warren court. but the warren court was the only time in the country s history where the court was activist and ahead of the country and it created its own
radical, extreme and activist rulings that are remaking society in basic ways. it poses a threat, i think, to our notions of democracy. it s changing the country in ways people are only beginning to understand, and i think it s going to lead to a pretty big backlash at the same time. what would you say to conservatives who say, well, look, you had the warren court making liberal big, important decisions that were liberal. and why was that okay, but this is not okay? there have been times in the country s history where we need the court to take steps to protect equal rights, even when the political system isn t interested in it. brown v. board of education is certainly a classic example of that. and that was the beginning of the warren court. but the warren court was the only time in the country s history where the court was very activist, but actually kind of ahead of the country and it created its own backlash, a political backlash, that we re living with to this day. so, you kn