On this edition of Your Call, we’re speaking with award-winning historian Nancy MacLean about minority rule. In her book, Democracy in Chains, she explores how billionaires like the Koch brothers have shaped the US judicial system.
Now they have a conservative super majority on the Supreme Court. For decades, Republicans have successfully suppressed the vote and gerrymandered districts to ensure minority rule. What can be done to counter this?
Guest:
Nancy MacLean, distinguished professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Web Resources:
The New York Times, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt: End Minority Rule
Slate, Dahlia Lithwick: Minority rule is here, and this is what it feels like.
Mother Jones, Hannah Levintova: Barrett’s Confirmation Could Erode Americans’ Financial Protections for a Generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjcXVKg43qY