Short Doc on Court Packing

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I interviewed law professor and legal scholar Richard Epstein for a Fox Nation 101 episode about court packing. He traces the history of the Supreme Court from its inception, through FDR’s plan to pack the court with younger justices, through Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, and eventually through the contentious nature of modern Supreme Court confirmation battles. It was a fascinating discussion and I learned a great deal from it. Epstein is a font of knowledge and wisdom on the topic. Available to stream on Fox Nation.

professor richard epstein explains the significance of court packing and why it is threat to the court’s credibility.

professor richard epstein explains the significance of court packing and why it is threat to the court’s credibility.

president franklin delano roosevelt outlined his proposal to add new supreme court justices in a 1937 fireside chat.

president franklin delano roosevelt outlined his proposal to add new supreme court justices in a 1937 fireside chat.

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Kayvon Afshari

Kayvon Afshari managed the campaign to elect Hooshang Amirahmadi as President of Iran. In this role, he directed the campaign’s event planning, publicity, online social media, web analytics, and delivered speeches. Mr. Afshari has also been working at the CBS News foreign desk for over five years. He has coordinated coverage of Iran’s 2009 post-election demonstrations, the Arab Spring, the earthquake in Haiti, and many other stories of international significance. He holds a Master in International Relations from New York University’s Department of Politics, and graduated with distinction from McGill University in 2007 with a double major in political science and Middle Eastern studies. At NYU, his research focused on quantitative analysis and the Middle East with an emphasis on US-Iran relations. In his 2012 Master’s thesis, he devised a formula to predict whether Israel would launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, concluding that an overt strike would not materialize.