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Aaron Belkin

Aaron Belkin is director of Take Back the Court and professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden commission on Supreme Court isn’t moving fast enough — or thinking big enough

Aaron Belkin
Supreme Court Justices, with Chief Justice John Roberts looming in the back (Getty Images/Salon)

Threatening to reform the Supreme Court worked — for now. We must keep the pressure on

Aaron Belkin
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

John Roberts’ New Year’s message rings hollow — because the chief justice is a partisan hack

Aaron Belkin, Sean McElwee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Getty/Jim Watson)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is wrong — at least about the future of the Supreme Court

Sean McElwee, Aaron Belkin
Newt Gingrich; John Roberts; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

How far will Republicans go to destroy democracy? And can they still be stopped?

Aaron Belkin