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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

How Much Power Are Unelected Judges Supposed to Have?

Picture the U.S. Senate in session, debating one of the president’s nominations.

One senator wants to know whose side the nominee would be on in disputes between corporate and consumer interests, between polluters and protecting the environment, or between insurance companies and average Americans. The “real issue,” he had declared earlier, is: “Will he be on the side of workers or is he going to be on the side of the bosses?”

Another senator chimes in, saying that her support would depend on whether the nominee would “stand with us and with our families or be on the side of major special interests.”

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