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Could a shadow court restore the balance of power to American democracy? | Modern Law Library
Julie Suk is worried about American democracy.
"Over time, the control of our constitutional future has really been in the domain of the judiciary and the executive branch, with the judiciary increasingly green-lighting actions by the executive branch," Suk tells host Lee Rawles. "And at the same time, our institutions, our lawmaking institutions that are supposed to represent the people have become less and less representative because of gerrymandering, and also less and less capable of making laws that push back against judicial and executive power."
In her new book, The Shadow Court…
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