15: The Supreme Court

With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court. This vacancy, and whether it should be filled during an election year, has raised a whole world of controversy. But while everyone else focuses on this controversy, what we focus on is the make-up and evolution of the power of the Supreme Court itself. The Supreme Court is an extremely useful lens through which to understand the way the federal government and its powers are currently divided. We briefly outline the trend of the court towards legislating and why that’s inevitable through its selection process. We then talk about the current role of each branch and federal agencies and the most effective way to solve the broad structural problems.

Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod

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