“If the executive branch is determined to provoke a constitutional crisis, then confrontation is inevitable. It is better that the crisis arises from the Court doing its job than from the Court being cowed into submission,” writes Suzanne Spaulding.

Default

Judicial Independence May Require Confrontation

SCOTUS cannot avoid a constitutional crisis by avoiding confrontation with the administration.

Newly-independent Ukraine has inherited thousands of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union. So the United States, Russia and Ukraine craft a high-stakes deal to disarm Ukraine in exchange for national security protection. But has Washington held up their end of the bargain? Or has Ukraine been betrayed? Episode 2 of Escalation is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.

Default

Escalation: No Guarantees

Listen to the second episode of Escalation, a narrative podcast on U.S.-Ukraine relations.