The news that progressives dreaded for years came to pass last night: Justice Ginsburg died. An icon of the liberal wing of the Court, her passing hands President Trump another seat on the Supreme Court. To progressives, this signals the end of the Court as a bastion of justice and defender of minority rights for…
Category: Social Movements
Taking the Streets
Protests rage across the United States. Fires. Shootings. The President turned off the lights and hid in a bunker. And as this tragic moment unfolds, for reasons I will explain shortly, the conservative figure of Justice Frankfurter looms large in my mind. The link between these protests and words Frankfurter wrote generations ago is clear,…
