Say More: An Interview with Eric Posner

Eric Posner touts a Supreme Court reform he’d like to see, identifies Donald Trump’s American precursors, and urges law professors to get off Twitter. The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Say More]( This week in Say More, PS talks with Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School and the author of the forthcoming [How Antitrust Failed Workers](. To read the full interview – in which Posner touts a Supreme Court reform he’d like to see, identifies Donald Trump’s American precursors, and urges law professors to get off Twitter – [click here](. Eric Posner Says More… Syndicate: You’ve [written]( that a right-wing Supreme Court is a major headwind for Joe Biden’s administration. But increasing the number of seats, you warn, is a “favored tactic of despots,” and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attempt to use it “caused lasting political damage to his presidency.” Biden has now created a commission to examine a number of possible reforms, including introducing term limits for justices. What changes, if any, could mitigate the risks to Biden’s political agenda from an ideologically hostile Supreme Court while preserving America’s constitutional order? Eric Posner: The Supreme Court will not... [Continue reading]( [Long Live the Imperial Presidency?]( [Long Live the Imperial Presidency?]( By Eric Posner Over time, the office of the US presidency has grown only more powerful, despite perennial hand-wringing by commentators and the party that is out of power. Though there are a number of possible explanations for this trend, the most straightforward is that it is what the public wants. By the Way... PS: Last year, you and Cristina Volpin [urged]( the European Union to take advantage of existing competition law – and possibly implement regulatory reforms – to limit labor-market concentration and abuses of labor-market power. Which anti-monopsony measures should lead the agenda, and to what extent could (and should) they be replicated in the US? EP: For both jurisdictions, I would start with... [Continue reading]( [Say More: William A. Haseltine]( Previously in Say More [William A. Haseltine]( – Chair and President of the global health think tank ACCESS Health International – highlights promising COVID-19 treatments, touts the potential of mRNA vaccines, and weighs in on where HIV/AIDS research is heading. [Read more](. [Check out the Say More archive]( [PS. The latest on politics for less than $9 a month. ]( Previously in Opinion Has It [Is India’s Democracy Dying?]( [Milan Vaishnav]( joins [Elmira Bayrasli]( in this PS podcast Despite major challenges, India’s multicultural democracy has thrived for more than 70 years. But can it survive Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist agenda? Listen on [PS]( [Apple]( [Soundcloud]( [Spotify]( [Google]( and all other listening apps. Or [read the transcript](. [Check out the Opinion Has It archive]( [Special-Edition Magazine: Back to Health]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.