Senator Russell Feingold on the 25th Amendment, Court Packing, and the State of US Democracy
Update: 2020-10-27
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In this episode of Vital Interest Podcast, Former Democratic Senator Russell Feingold unpacks the historic challenges threatening America’s democratic system and offers four Constitutional amendments to fix “some of the glitches that exist. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Greenberg is brought to you by the Center on National Security at Fordham Law.
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@19:12: This is an exceedingly dangerous and poorly reasoned argument from Sen. Feingold. He's arguing in favor of a system of governance that facilitates (if not ensures) a tyranny of the majority. What is the check on the legislative branch if not via judicial review? Does he imagine it would be the executive--more or less an individual? To whom could members of minority groups appeal if not to the courts? And given the abominable degree to which representation is tilted to favor Republicans (via structural over-representation in the Senate--which then cascades to Electoral College votes--as well as gerrymandering for the House), his proposed enervation of the judicial branch would likely only worsen the current situation, leading to a tyranny of the minority. After all, from where does he think the current judicial skew arises? From the over-representation by amoral Republicans in the legislative branch! Why empower them further?! No, this is a stupid line of argumentation,
@7:26: Unfortunate to hear Sen. Feingold make such flippant, vague, disparaging comments about racist institutions. That sort of accusation needs to be precise. Likewise, I know of no evidence that George Floyd's killing was racially motivated. It seems to have been a straight-forward case of police brutality, and I worry about such casual imputations of racism, because they distract from actual causes and needlessly erode social capital.