35: Walter Dellinger on the Eroding Justice Department and Keith Mason and Paul Begala on the Odds of Texas and Georgia Going Blue

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

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The Supreme Court has dealt powerful blows to the Trump agenda in recent days, protecting DACA recipients' status and upholding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals. Duke University School of Law Douglas B. Maggs Professor Emeritus of Law Walter Dellinger notes that the conservative justices see beyond the current president, towards a lifetime of decision-making. But that does not mean the U.S. justice system will remain intact with William Barr at the helm, he warns. On the other hand, political consultants Keith Mason and Paul Begala find hope in the new direction communities around Atlanta and Houston are taking, no matter the outcome of 2020.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to 2020 Politics War Room.
0:08.8	With James Carvelle, I'm Al Hunt here in Washington.
0:11.8	James is back in the Shenandoah.
0:14.5	We are proud partners with the Sine Institute of American University and we can't wait to
0:19.2	get back to the AU studio at some point.
0:22.0	We have three great guests this week.
0:24.0	We'll get to in a minute.
0:25.0	But we kindly request you first.
0:26.7	If you like the show, please subscribe to 2020 Politics War Room on Apple Podcasts,
0:32.6	Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to your podcast.
0:37.4	James, our first guest is a former acting dean of the Duke Law School, where he's taught
0:42.1	for a quarter century.
0:43.4	The former solicitor general of the United States, one of the great appellate lawyers
0:47.8	to ever argue before the Supreme Court.
0:50.8	And listen to this now, a recipient of North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine,
0:57.2	whatever the hell that is.
0:58.7	And a devoted fan of the last place UNC, Tar Heel, basketball team, the great Walter
1:04.4	Dellinger, the legal guru for the Carvelle Hunt War Room Podcasts.
1:09.2	Walter, what up, but now he's closing week for the Supreme Court.
1:13.4	Is it right to say that more than any time, at least since Earl Warren, this really is
1:18.4	the Chief Justice's Court?
1:20.0	Oh, yes, I think that's right.
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