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🗓️ 14 July 2024
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The Supreme Court term has ended after a series of punishing decisions that break years of precedent. While there were many horrible decisions made in this term, two stand out: The cases on Presidential Immunity and the Chevron Doctrine. Why are these so important? We're joined by our Supreme Court expert and host of the Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick. Al and Dahlia lay out the devastating consequences ahead in the wake of these decisions and try to lay out a path forward.
Listen to Dahlia's Amicus podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786
Read Dahlia's great work in Slate:https://slate.com/author/dahlia-lithwick
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0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, we got a great one this week, and this time, this time, I finally mean it. |
0:11.1 | And you'll know it's true because I got Dahlia Lithwick on this year's Supreme Court |
0:15.9 | decisions, specifically on presidential immunity and the Chevron doctrine, the two most egregious rulings, |
0:23.8 | well, two of the most seriously egregious rulings. We'll get into that in a couple |
0:30.0 | minutes, but first a few words on President Biden's Thursday evening press conference. I'm |
0:36.8 | recording this on Friday morning. |
0:38.9 | Now, during his nearly one-hour press conference, Biden spent a majority of the time speaking |
0:45.3 | about foreign policy, which was fitting because he had been hosting the NATO summit. |
0:52.0 | And I think it was clear that the president is most comfortable talking about |
0:55.8 | foreign policy. And I think to some extent he went into greater detail on that than he had to |
1:01.2 | because, well, that's where he's most comfortable. Last week on the podcast, I was critical |
1:08.1 | of his interview with George Stephanopoulos, which had followed |
1:11.8 | the disastrous debate performance by about a week. Thursday night's performance was more sure-footed, |
1:20.1 | though he did start off by calling Vice President Harris, Vice President Trump, which is fine. |
1:26.2 | I know he knows the difference. |
1:28.4 | Thing is, 50 million Americans watch that debate, and you can't unsee that. |
1:35.9 | And last night, he did not put the rest, the question of whether he should stay at the top |
1:40.6 | of the ticket. |
1:41.9 | But then again, I don't have to provide the answer to that one. |
1:46.3 | That's going to have to be answered by Democratic office holders. |
1:50.6 | And George Clooney, who loves Joe Biden, just doesn't think he should run for re-election. |
1:58.6 | But they're running out of time. |
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