
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Supreme Court justices are selected by presidents and confirmed by senators – but does that mean they necessarily represent the will of the people? Kevin J. McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science at Trinity College, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we got to a court that doesn’t reflect the majority of the electorate, what that means for its reputation, and ideas for how to fix what’s broken. His book is “A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People.”
By KERA4.7
894894 ratings
Supreme Court justices are selected by presidents and confirmed by senators – but does that mean they necessarily represent the will of the people? Kevin J. McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science at Trinity College, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we got to a court that doesn’t reflect the majority of the electorate, what that means for its reputation, and ideas for how to fix what’s broken. His book is “A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People.”

21,954 Listeners

43,837 Listeners

32,246 Listeners

38,430 Listeners

6,881 Listeners

30,609 Listeners

43,687 Listeners

38,950 Listeners

9,238 Listeners

4,022 Listeners

10,387 Listeners

6,467 Listeners

339 Listeners

4,696 Listeners

16,512 Listeners