This week on our live show, Ryan Cooper and Jamelle Bouie discuss what’s wrong with the Supreme Court.
Conservatism
The Governor of Texas Nods to White Supremacist Violence
Greg Abbott’s pardon is an attack on multiracial democracy.
The CFPB Ruling Strikes a Blow for Governing
Instead of giving in to cynicism, Congress created an agency to protect consumers. The Supreme Court declined to overrule it.
Britain’s Tories Are Being Punished by Voters. Why Aren’t U.S. Republicans?
Today on TAP: Lessons from the Tory wipeout in local U.K. elections
Covering the Friends of the Court
The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.
The Supreme Court Is Ready to Look Past the January 6th Attack
The conservative justices in the Trump immunity case declined to consider the actual charges against him.
University Presidents as Provocateurs
Today on TAP: Clamping down on protesters predictably stirs them up.
An Implausible Mr. Buckley
A new PBS documentary whitewashes the conservative founder of National Review.
America’s Fifth Circuit Problem
Judges are now fighting over the right to hear important policy cases.

