Connect all the dots! Republicans are busting out everywhere, saying the Supreme Court doesn't actually get to decide what laws are constitutional, the party will do best by opposing the black guy in the White House, everything you think you know about the Constitution is wrong if it disagrees with what we think we know about it, continuing their abuse of the filibuster, etc., etc. etc.
Greg Dworkin joined us to discuss all this, give a little (important!) context to that quote about opposing the black guy, and remind us that despite the surface crazy, Republicans are playing a patient long game here. And winning. So, where did the dots that we connected today come from? Scott Keyes and Ian Millhiser's
"GOP Congressman Says Supreme Court Doesn't Actually Get to Decide Whether Laws Are Constitutional" for
Think Progress. Corey Rabin's
"I am not a racist, I just hate democracy." Peter Finn's
"NRA money helped reshape gun law" and Jonathan Bernstein's
"Harry Reid's only move is to threaten immediate Senate reform" both for the
Washigton Post. Jeffrey Toobin's
"How Filibusters Harm Federal Courts: Caitlin Halligan's Cautionary Tale" for the
New Yorker. And Lee Fang's
"Charles Koch Reflects on Last Election, Promises to Do More to 'Persuade Politicians" for The Nation. All topped off by
Hunter's dispatch from CPAC,
"Lions and tigers and communists, oh my"!