Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats’ Push to Expand the Supreme Court May Backfire

A futile effort distracts from what they should be seeking instead: more lower-level judges.

Not the right target now.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Getty Images North America
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In many ways, Democrats have the high ground in the various current debates over the structure of elections and government, and over democracy itself. But sometimes they don’t.