Packing the Federal Courts

Sarah and David discuss the battle over the federal courts and how the upcoming presidential election might affect the circuits’ makeup.

The Agenda:

• Two visions of the federal courts
• The growing conservative legal movement
• A SCOTUS justice's Oxford thesis from 1983
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Utah v. Strieff
• Are petitions to recall public officials unconstitutional?

Show Notes:

• George W. Bush's first inaugural address