There has been a long-standing effort to create a conservative majority Supreme Court that is willing to reconsider substantive due process rights, reduce the authority of the Federal government, and return the U.S. to an “originalist” state. The final episode in our series, “The Road We’re On,” examines the ideological imbalance on the current Court, discusses the long-term coordinated effort to install conservative justices, examines why “originalism” is so valuable to Conservatives, and asks what can be done to stop the momentum. 

Bonus discussion, Samuel Alito: Poster Boy for Originalism + Fireside Unscripted: The Problem With Clickbait, are live on Patreon NOW!

What’s in this episode?

• 
  

  The ideological imbalance on the current Supreme Court, and why it’s dangerous

  
  


• 
  

  Why Conservatives started their 50 year campaign for The Court

  
  


• 
  

  How they’ve managed to pull that campaign off (spoiler: The Federalist Society)

  
  


• 
  

  Balls, strikes, Kavanaugh, Coney-Barrett, Brown-Jackson, and Roberts

  
  


• 
  

  What “originalism” is and why Conservatives dig it so much

  
  


• 
  

  Judicial restraint, judicial review, and judicial activism

  
  


• 
  

  How to stop a moving train - not really. But how to change this judicial course

  
  


• 
  

  Good News: Bipartisan…? Legislation to protect marriage, contraception, and abortion care.

  
  

If you’d like to get in touch…

You can leave us a review at: https://ratethispodcast.com/fireside

Or you can drop us a note from our Contact page!

You can find all of our sources in our Show Notes.

And, check out our Patreon Page! Patrons get access to early episode drops, bonus content, priority topic requests, quarterly happy hours, and more!