Why the Trump Ballot Removal Case Was Worth It, Even if the Supreme Court Fails to Act

Noah Bookbinder , president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , joined Dahlia Lithwick on this week ’s Amicus to discuss why his organization pursued what many deemed to be a long-shot case.

He says the system of leaving it up to litigants to challenge justices as potentially conflicted doesn’t make any sense.

This brings this provision of the Constitution back, regardless of whether it's used in this case, it's going to be litigated and legislated about.

The threat to American democracy is existential. People may look back and regret the things they didn’t do to save democracy..