If a Democrat wins the White House next year, they will almost certainly not have 60 votes in the Senate, or perhaps even a majority. New bold legislation like a Green New Deal will face a near-impossible uphill struggle.
But hang on -- it turns out there are gigantic reams of statutory authority just waiting to be picked up. We've got David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, on to talk about his fresh magazine issue laying out just some of these tools. The Prospect has Marcia Brown on how the next president can unilaterally cancel almost all student debt, Graham Steele on how they could put chains on Wall Street, Gabrielle Gurley on how they could decriminalize pot, Sandeep Vaheesan on how they could turn an antitrust blowtorch on corporate oligopolies, and much more!
Without exaggeration, what the next president will do with his or her statutory authority is probably the single most important issue in the 2020 primary. A sizable presidency's worth of accomplishments is theoretically possible just by enforcing existing laws. We (and the candidates) should pay close attention!
The Rampaging Supreme Court - 314
How Merrick Garland Appeased Trump - UNLOCKED
The Legacy of Coal - 313 UNLOCKED
The Fascist Attack on Gaza Protests - 312
Solidarity Forever - 311 PREVIEW
Ernst Bloch's Audacity of Hope - 310
How Merrick Garland Appeased Trump - 309 PREVIEW
The ACLU Stabs Labor in the Back - 308
Orwell on Nationalism - 307 PREVIEW
Who Is Grieved? - 306
Russia and Ukraine Update PREVIEW - 305
The House Republican Pratfall - 304
The Genocide Case Against Israel PREVIEW - 303
Oppenheimer Reconsidered - 302
Trump’s Legal Morass Deepens - 301 PREVIEW
Age of Insecurity UNLOCKED - 294
Children of Men, a Christmas Movie - 300
Nordic Labor, and the US Economic Sentiment Problem - 299
The War on Gaza III - 298
Kissinger Is Dead TEASER - 297
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