A Contested Convention: Building the Progressive Bench (Project 500).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 13 July 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Despite his assurances to the contrary, Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee is far from a lock. What happens if the DNC winds up hosting a contested convention? In this episode we delve into a brief history of contested conventions and draw upon prior examples to demonstrate how progressives can use a contested convention to their advantage and get the so-called progressive movement back on track.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:10
Chapter One: Nullification. 00:00:52
Chapter Two: Delegate to the Delegate. 00:06:45
Chapter Three: Moon Shot for Progressives. 00:14:18
Post Show Musings: 00:25:44
Outro: 00:42:15
Resources
FactCheck.org: Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee
Democrats.org: Delegate Selection Rules
History: How Ronald Reagan's 1976 Convention Battle Fueled His 1980 Landslide
History: 4 Contested Conventions in Presidential Election History
Brookings: What is a brokered convention? What is a contested convention?
PBS News: What is a contested convention, and why does it matter in 2020?
Newsweek: Joe Biden Is Ready for a Messy Democratic Convention
Pew Research: Contested presidential conventions, and why parties try to avoid them
History News Network: Why Does the Democratic Party Have Superdelegates?
New York Magazine: Why Are AOC and the Squad Backing Biden So Forcefully?
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| 0:00.0 | nullification is a jurors prerogative. |
| 0:03.8 | Here we go. |
| 0:04.8 | Literally, nothing to do with the episode title. |
| 0:07.5 | Nope. |
| 0:08.0 | It's going to be one of those shows. |
| 0:09.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:14.8 | Come listen to the man who knew we finally had enough. |
| 0:18.5 | So we started up a podcast and called upon his friends. matter where you're from or your unique political bend here's the story of our perfect american nest |
| 0:28.7 | max a 99 with the facts to blow your mind the nanny with the wicked sound design so grab a seat and pour yourself a glass of writer's tears. |
| 0:39.6 | Unfucking the Republic is about to begin. |
| 0:47.2 | Fuck you too, Milton Freeway. |
| 0:52.0 | Chapter 1. Nullification |
| 0:54.7 | Nullification is a juror's prerogative. |
| 1:00.4 | It's a little known quirk of the judicial system. |
| 1:03.0 | A jury of one's peers is designed to be the last line of moral defense, not legal defense. |
| 1:10.0 | When a judge sends a jury to deliberate, they typically |
| 1:13.3 | charge them with a particular task to determine whether or not certain legal standards have been |
| 1:19.3 | met in a case for or against a defendant. But here's the twist. This charge is a performative act |
| 1:26.8 | that has been normalized, not formalized. |
| 1:29.3 | If a jury was designed to judge a case on its legal merits, the jury box would be filled with lawyers. |
| 1:36.3 | Instead, it's filled with a bunch of people like you and me without law degrees and with a little time on their hands. |
| 1:42.3 | And your point is? |
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