Future Hindsight
A weekly show that takes big ideas about civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for you.
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Our Constitution, Our Laws: Julie Suk (opens the original)
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We discuss an innovative framework to reclaim our constitutional future from a Supreme Court that has amassed power for itself and undermined how we govern ourselves. Julie’s civic action toolkit recommendations are: Advocate for new institutions Participate in deliberations to write a new bill of rights or even a new constitution Julie Suk is the Leonard F. Manning Professor of Law at Fordham University and the author of The Shadow Court: Rescuing Democracy from the Supreme Court . Let’s connec
Take Down Super PACs: Lawrence Lessig (opens the original)
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We discuss how the SpeechNow v. FEC decision in 2010 created Super PACs and how combating corruption in American politics starts with getting rid of Super PACs. Larry’s civic action toolkit recommendations are: Build the muscle of deliberating with each other. Start with the principle that we should not have a political system where people can buy influence and get results with their money. Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and the founder
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