Morning Jolt: Get Ready for a Relatively Boring, Normal Supreme Court-Nomination Fight

On the menu today: A lot of people are going to try to convince you that the upcoming Supreme Court-nomination fight will be huge, dramatic, and high-stakes. But in the end, retiring justice Stephen Breyer is going to get replaced by a like-minded judge, maintaining the status quo. What makes the upcoming nomination battle stand out is how normal it is, compared to all of the other problems facing the Biden administration. Meanwhile, Breyer's got to learn who can keep secrets; a whole bunch of donated Covid-19 vaccines aren't being used; and who really won in Neil Young's fight with Spotify?

Newsworthy, but Not Particularly Consequential

I know that the reflexive instinct in political coverage is to declare that whatever is happening at this moment is the most dramatic event ever. The upcoming election is always the most important one of our lifetimes, the current president is always the worst ever, the stakes are always the highest ever, and if you don't make a donation to our campaign now, the Earth will crash into the sun.*

Today's newsletter is swimming against the tide when it declares that the retirement of Supreme Court ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 27 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 27 2022 Get Ready for a Relatively Boring, Normal Supreme Court-Nomination Fight On the menu today: A lot of people are going to try to convince you that the upcoming Supreme Court-nomination fight will be huge, dramatic, and high-stakes. But in the end, retiring justice Stephen Breyer is going to get replaced by a like-minded judge, maintaining the status quo. What makes the upcoming nomination battle stand out is how normal it is, compared to all of the other problems facing the Biden administration. Meanwhile, Breyer's got to learn who can keep secrets; a whole bunch of donated Covid-19 vaccines aren't being used; and who really won in Neil Young's fight with Spotify? Newsworthy, but Not Particularly Consequential I know that the reflexive instinct in political coverage is to declare that whatever is happening at this moment is the most dramatic event ever. The upcoming election is always the most important one of our lifetimes, the current president is always the worst ever, the stakes are always the highest ever, and if you don't make a donation to our campaign now, the Earth will crash into the sun.* Today's newsletter is swimming against the tide when it declares that the retirement of Supreme Court ...   READ MORE

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