This excerpt is from an op-ed that originally ran on January 9, 2021. To counter the Federalist Society’s relentless drive to pack the federal bench with right-wing activists, the American Constitution Society, led by former senator Russ Feingold, came up with a plan to jump-start the Biden-Harris administration’s judicial selection process. Immediately after the election, … Continue reading The Nation: These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021