Why America’s courts are so conservative and how it got that way | David Daley | Salon Talks

Conservatives have successfully planned a 50-year plot to hijack voting rights in America, take control of the courts and pass laws that a majority of Americans disagree with. Author David Daley, a former editor in chief of Salon, talks to Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir about how conservatives packed the courts with far-right lawyers and judges. It began in law schools, Daley explains, and culminated with landmark decisions like Citizens United v. FEC and Dobbs v. Jackson. How could conservative judges shape the outcome of the 2024 election? Daley’s book, “Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections” is available now.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Kamala Harris shakes up the 2024 election
04:50 How conservatives took control of the courts
09:51 The architects of the conservative legal movement
15:50 The birth of the Federalist Society
19:48 Do Democrats love emergency politics?
21:53 Are Supreme Court reforms coming?
26:29 John Roberts is not a “moderate”

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