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We have an editorial up elsewhere on the homepage calling for a constitutional amendment to set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. Why do I mention this? We run editorials pretty much every day, after all. Because I believe that there isn't a publication in the country more committed to defending the American system, and its historical and philosophical foundations, than National Review. That's why I'm hoping you will contribute to our fall fundraising drive. |
There's no pernicious idea to change our constitutional arrangement — from Court-packing, to eliminating the filibuster, to unmooring judges from the law and text of the Constitution, to deep-sixing the Electoral College — that we haven't picked apart, in detail and at length, over and over again. We've excoriated lawless executive overreach, in all its forms, across every administration. We could probably publish a small book collecting our work just denouncing and dismantling Joe Biden's various flagrantly illegal student-loan-forgiveness gambits. We defend originalism from all its absurd detractors, mostly on the left, but occasionally on the right, as well. And we have been stalwart in pushing back against the Democratic and media assault on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, and in debunking the disgusting and ongoing personal attacks on Justices Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Alito. These assaults on our system are joined to the broad-based effort by left-wing scholars, the media, and educational institutions to smear our history and undermine our ideals. This, too, we resist at every turn. We bring to this battle intellectual seriousness, rhetorical verve, and a fierce resolve, all grounded in a deep love of America and the institutions and ideals that have made it great. It is our honor to fight this fight — it's what we exist to do. But we need your help to keep at it. So, I humbly ask that you consider giving any amount, whether $100, $250, $500, or $1,000 or more, to our fall webathon. |
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