Damon Root’s book Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court
Basic civics, reintroduced
Root’s mood in five words
What becomes of this useless Congress?
Why not 9–0? Root on the three dissenters
The “major questions doctrine” translated
Profiles in inconsistenty
Doesn’t matter! Trump will “destroy your country” either way!
The hangover
Gorsu…

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A Big, Beautiful SCOTUS Decision (with Damon Root) MO #303
SCOTUS goes 6–3 and tells Trump: you do not get to slap emergency on tariffs and call it law.
Feb 20, 2026
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