Democracy Round-Up

Episode #97

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil discuss the latest from the January 6th Committee hearings, results from this week’s French legislative elections, the Republican platform in Texas, and whether the Supreme Court should listen to public opinion.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• January 6 Committee Website and Video of Past Hearings

• “A Fragmented Parliament Brings Macron Back Down to Earth” by Norimitsu Onishi, Constant Méheut and Aurelien Breeden in The New York Times

• “At Texas GOP convention, loyalists embrace far-right, anti-gay rhetoric” by Rosalind Helderman in The Washington Post

• “How the Texas Republican Party’s platform has changed since 2014” by Philip Bump in The Washington Post

• “The Supreme Court, Public Opinion and the Fate of Roe” by Adam Liptak in The New York Times

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