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  2. Opinion - We need a Supreme Court for all Americans - AOL

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    The Supreme Court was on the ballot last month, and Donald Trump’s win dashed progressive dreams of reforming the court or changing its personnel. ... constitutional law has been getting ...

  3. Progressives seethe as Democratic convention largely ... - AOL

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    At their four-day convention this week, Democrats quietly adopted a plank in their 2020 platform calling for “structural court reforms” alongside a denunciation of Republicans for preventing ...

  4. Ideological leanings of United States Supreme Court justices

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    The nine Supreme Court justices base their decisions on their interpretation of both legal doctrine and the precedential application of laws in the past. In most cases, interpreting the law is relatively clear-cut and the justices decide unanimously; however, in more complicated or controversial cases, the Court is often divided.

  5. Progressivism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Progressives achieved success first with state laws then with the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1919. The golden day did not dawn as enforcement was lax, especially in the cities where the law had very limited popular support and where notorious criminal gangs such as the Chicago gang of Al Capone ...

  6. Opinion - To constrain Trump, progressives should look to the ...

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    Progressives must embrace the Constitution's limits on governmental power, including federalism and separation of powers, in order to defend the nation's foundational charter and prevent the ...

  7. United States Congress in relation to the president and ...

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    It is a huge check by the courts on the legislative authority and limits congressional power. In 1851, for example, the Supreme Court struck down provisions of a congressional act of 1820 in the Dred Scott decision. [13] However, the Supreme Court can also extend congressional power through its constitutional interpretations. [citation needed]

  8. Adding Supreme Court justices? Progressives may be on ... - AOL

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    The push for expanding the Supreme Court has emphasized a gap between liberals and President Joe Biden, who has vowed to pursue bipartisanship. Adding Supreme Court justices? Progressives may be ...

  9. Should the Supreme Court be expanded? Calls to pack the ... - AOL

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s term came to an end last month as the conservative majority released a slew of opinions that sparked widespread controversy and renewed the debate around court packing ...