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A Brief History of the Right-Wing Takeover of the US Judiciary

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The history of the Right’s campaign to seize the courts reveals how closely the electoral and judicial arenas are linked, and how politics shapes the interpretation of the law. The structural changes that the Right has put into place are going to take decades to address, not only through Congressional action but also through informed action on the part of people.