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    If You Care About the Court, Don’t Talk About It

    Fixating on the open Supreme Court seat will provoke a culture war.
    by Anne Applebaum Sep 20, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Getty / The Atlantic

    I know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s empty Supreme Court seat has provoked an epic, long-awaited clash between Democrats and Republicans, that the very principle of judicial independence hangs dangerously in the balance. I realize that the social-media wave cannot be stopped, that the talking heads cannot be silenced, and that Democrats in Congress must fight this nomination. Nevertheless, let me try to convince anyone who will listen: Democrats should not spend the weeks between now and November talking solely about judges, Mitch McConnell, and the Supreme Court.

    Why? Fixating on the Court organizes the electorate along

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