This is Jacobin Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman. We begin today's program with Dean of Berkeley

School of Law, Constitutional Scholar, Irwin Chemerinsky, to discuss the just completed

Supreme Court term that saw decisions that overturned vast areas of law. The court's

decisions ignored settled law or precedent, and in the DOBS decision, overturning

Roby Wade, a constitutional right was taken away. Dean Chemerinsky argues that this

court did not follow a judicial methodology, legal principles or precedents. Instead, a

conservative majority on the court is making the Republican Party platform constitutional

law. We'll get Irwin's analysis and ask what can be done.

We then turned to Britain, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally been forced

to resign, brought down by Tory ministers who decided Johnson's personality and unethical

conduct had gotten in the way of his politics, which they mostly support.

Tarek Ali joins us with the details of this saga. He says that the Tories have been ruthless

in dumping Prime ministers who might lose them the next election. Think thatcher, may,

now Johnson, but Labour is only ruthless in removing a leader who poses a threat to

the extreme center. Under Keith Starmer, Labour has not challenged Johnson's political record

or presented an attractive alternative to the Tories. So Boris Johnson is going, but Britain

is still stuck with the same right-wing nightmare. We get Tarek's analysis. All this, when our

program returns, in just a moment.

This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. Well, the Supreme Court in its just completed

term handed down bombshell assaults on precedent, on subtle law, and on rights enjoyed by the

population for 50 years or more. The constitutional right to abortion is gone. The state's ability

to regulate guns is gone. Constraints enforcing the separation of church and state are gone,

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