How the Supreme Court Became Trump's Weapon | The David Frum Show

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts on growing extremism in the Democratic Party. Frum compares this to the paranoia and conspiratorial thinking that cost the Republican Party dearly in the 2010s and cautions the Democrats against making the same mistakes. Then David is joined by Kate Shaw, a co-host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny and a professor of law at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. David and Shaw discuss the current state of the Supreme Court, whether it can be reformed, and the potential dangers of radical changes to the Court. Finally, in honor of the class of 2026, David ends the episode with thoughts on the word graduate and how changes in the way we use that word reveal changes in our attitude toward individual accomplishment in American life. Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/da... Subscribe to The David Frum Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Subscribe to The David Frum Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79CBHED... Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic... Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at https://accounts.theatlantic.com/prod... Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT #davidfrum #thedavidfrumshow #theatlantic #supremecourt #uspolitics 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Growing Extremism in the Democratic Party 04:11 Professor Kate Shaw 04:52 How Broken Is the Supreme Court? 07:33 Voting Rights Act Rollback 16:12 Records Act Fight Ahead 23:27 How to Reform the Court? 38:57 Preserving Legitimacy 44:49 Graduation Word Origins