The Case for Ending the Supreme Court as We Know It

Plus: Trump’s September outrages; a Profile of Marilynne Robinson; and the New York Film Festival. View in browser | Update your preferences Take our survey: We’d like to hear your thoughts on the Daily newsletter, and how we might do better. Take this short survey to help us learn more about you and your preferences. Our Columnists The Case for Ending the Supreme Court as We Know It For most of its history, the Supreme Court, the branch of government least accountable to the public, has tended toward a fundamental conservatism, siding with tradition over more expansive visions of human rights. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump’s September Outrages Are Testing the Limits of Shock Sadly, the President’s refusal to promise a “peaceful” transfer of power is just another outrage in a month full of them. By Susan B. Glasser Campaign Chronicles The New Republicans of Pennsylvania Since 2016, the state G.O.P. has added more than a hundred thousand registered voters, while the Democrats have lost eighty thousand. Should Biden be worried? By Eliza Griswold Q. & A. The Troubling State of Medical Care in ICE Detention Eunice Cho, a senior staff attorney at the A.C.L.U., discusses the dangers that immigrant women face at poorly run detention facilities. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST “Can’t Even is the Nickel and Dimed of this generation.”* How did millennials become the burnout generation? Anne Helen Petersen offers a galvanizing look at the lives of this much-maligned group—required reading for both millennials and the parents and employers trying to understand them. *Tressie McMillan Cottom Profiles Profiles Marilynne Robinson’s Essential American Stories The author of “Housekeeping,” “Gilead,” and, now, “Jack” looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too. By Casey Cep Culture and More Culture Desk How a Revered Studio for Artists with Disabilities Is Surviving Creative Growth, in Oakland, is facing an extreme version of the dilemmas that other arts institutions have struggled with during the pandemic. By Dan Piepenbring The Front Row Highlights from the Second Week of the New York Film Festival Some top selections from the festival come from three veteran filmmakers. By Richard Brody Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts I, the Dog, Will Give You a Tour of My House! So, by the front door, you’ll notice that there’s a doormat! This doormat is great for getting my paws ready to wipe on the real mat, which is the wall! By Broti Gupta Daily Cartoon Friday, September 25th By Jason Adam Katzenstein This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.