The People Own the Constitution, Not the Court
20 July 2026 at 19:17
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I wanted to direct your attention to this podcast episode from Slate. Itβs actually the first episode of a series Slate is doing on popular constitutionalism. (The page linked above is paywalled. But, Iβm told, the βBy the Peopleβ pod series itself is not. So you should be able to find it on podcast platforms.) It brings together in a engaging and coherent way a number of themes weβve been discussing over the last couple years about the problem of and the corruption of the U.S. Supreme Court. And it frames the question around a 20-year-old book on popular constitutionalism by Larry Kramer (The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review).