Episode 572 Promo - The Gerontocracy is Killing Us (w/ Samuel Moyn)
About this episode
Yale Law Professor Samuel Moyn discusses the impact of gerontocracy on democracy and the Supreme Court's actions against the Voting Rights Act.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Yale Law Professor Samuel Moyn joins Bad Faith to discuss the Supreme Court's attack on the Voting Rights Act, and how the Democratic Party's commitment to the gerontocracy has led to the degradation of our courts and our democracy as a whole. Professor Moyn discusses his new book on gerontocracy , why politics seems to have skipped Gen X, and why Biden should be blamed for ignoring an opportunity to do real court reform. Instead of blaming Briahna for voting Green, should Democrats blame their own leadership for declining to pack the court and abolish the Senate? And what's the deal with the party's allergy to accountability? Moyn also weighs in on DNC chair Ken Martin's contentious interview on Pod Save America about his refusal to release the 2024 autopsy report . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod) . Produced by Armand Aviram . Theme by Nick Thorburn (@ nickfromislands ).
People in this episode
Host: Briahna Joy Gray
Guest: Samuel Moyn
Topics covered
- gerontocracy
- Voting Rights Act
- court reform
- Democratic Party
- political accountability
- Gen X
- Supreme Court
Keywords
- gerontocracy
- Voting Rights Act
- court reform
- Democratic Party
- politics
- Samuel Moyn
- Briahna Joy Gray
- Ken Martin
- accountability
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Democratic Party, Supreme Court, DNC
Books & works: Voting Rights Act, Pod Save America, 2024 autopsy report, new book on gerontocracy
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