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Source: The New Yorker

9/25/2020

The Case to End the Supreme Court as We Know It

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The Supreme Court has historically supported democratic and egalitarian change only when forced by social movements. People must stop looking to the power invested in the court and start looking for the power latent in themselves.

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The Case to End the Supreme Court as We Know It

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor