McConnell, the GOP & the Court
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Flashback: How Mitch McConnell Helped Pave the Way for Donald Trump’s Rise
March 6, 2024
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court
November 24, 2020
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FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hard-fought effort to transform the nation’s highest court and chronicles how the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be.
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