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Skullduggery

Supreme Court Time Bombs (w/ Leah Litman & Jess Bravin)

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

42K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

There may be no institution in American more consequential or divisive than the United States Supreme Court. Under the leadership of Justice John Roberts, the court has upended campaign finance laws, undermined the 1965 voting rights act, affirmed a previously unrecognized constitutional right to gun ownership, and this year embolden by its new 6-3 conservative majority struck down the constitutional right to abortion. Decisions that have had a profound impact on our politics, not to mention the daily lives of millions of Americans. But there is more coming up. This coming Monday, on Halloween, the Supreme Court will revisit another politically charged issue. Should affirmative action continue to play a role in college admissions? And coming soon, Senator Lindsay Graham have to testify in a Fulton County investigation into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. We discuss with two longterm court watchers, Leah Litman a Law Professor at the University of Michigan and Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal.

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There may be no institution in America more consequential or divisive than the United States Supreme Court.

0:08.0

Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court has upended campaign finance laws,

0:13.0

undermined the 1965 Voting Rights Act, affirmed a previously unrecognized constitutional right to gun ownership,

0:20.0

and this year, emboldened by its new 6.3 conservative majority struck down the constitutional right to abortion,

0:27.0

decisions that have had a profound impact on our politics, not to mention the daily lives of millions of Americans.

0:33.0

But there is more coming up. This coming Monday, on Halloween, the Supreme Court will revisit another politically charged issue,

0:41.0

sure to fermative action continue to play a role in college admissions.

0:45.0

And coming soon, will Senator Lindsey Graham have to testify in a Fulton County investigation into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election?

0:53.0

Will discuss with two long-term court watchers, Leah Littman, a law professor at the University of Michigan,

0:59.0

and Jess Braven of the Wall Street Journal on this episode of Skull Duggery.

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Hi, I'm Lou Solomon, swear.

1:08.0

And I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.

1:12.0

And will to the best of my building.

1:14.0

Reserve, protect and defend.

1:16.0

Constitution of the United States. So help me, God.

1:20.0

So help me, God. So help me, God.

1:24.0

So help me, God.

1:26.0

I'm Michael Isikov, Chief of the Best of Gave Correspondent for Yahoo News.

1:29.0

I'm Dan Clydeman, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo News.

1:32.0

And I'm Victoria Bussevy, a Senior Counsel at States United.

1:35.0

So being the wonky students of public policy that we are, thanks largely to our resident, wonk, Victoria,

1:44.0

we're going to do a deep dive on the Supreme Court on this episode. And there's a lot to talk about.

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