Seeing Double: Pros and Cons of Court-Packing

In October 2020, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the controversial decision to fill the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The move gave Republican appointees a six out of nine majority on the nation’s highest court, a balance that could have far-reaching consequences for national law. Since then, some Democrats have advocated for adding more justices to the Supreme Court, known as court-packing. Last month, President Joe Biden form

Abolishing the Filibuster May Have Unintended Consequences

In the wake of Democrats winning the House, Senate and White House, progressives frustrated with the slow pace of legislative reforms have encouraged [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/filibuster-senate-democrats.html] the Senate to abolish the filibuster. This tactic unique to the U.S. Senate, which has been used more frequently [https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-are-so-many-democrats-considering-ending-the-filibuster/] in recent years, allows any senator to indefinitely stall debat