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Janine Jackson interviewed True North Research’s Lisa Graves about what’s behind the Amy Coney Barrett nomination for the October 16, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

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Her originalism ignores the significance of the second American Revolution -- the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Amid national crises, Lincoln and his Republicans remade the Supreme Court to fit their agenda

The Republican deal with the devil to tolerate Trumpian corruption in exchange for a supermajority deserves both scorn and redress.

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The ultimate goal of many liberal movements is equity, which does not seem too much of a priority for Barrett.

The Right vs Left/Center showdown brings a court victory over fascism in Greece, exploding teens, and a mess of menaces.