A Court On The Edge

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Republican Party has long sought a stable conservative majority in the Supreme Court. With the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat up for grabs, that could become a reality - but not without a fight. WNYC's Jami Floyd (Senior Editor for Race and Justice) and Elie Mystal (Justice Correspondent at The Nation) join us to set the scene for the battle over the Supreme Court and what a vacancy on the bench of the highest court in the nation represents for Election 2020 and our collective future.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. One of the roles public media plays is to offer a gathering place to process big historic moments.
0:08.0	So after news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death broke this past weekend, we offered up the United States of anxiety
0:14.6	as that gathering place for two hours on Sunday evening.
0:18.1	In the first hour, we just reflected on RBG's remarkable life.
0:22.8	This is the second hour in which we turn to the unsettling business of thinking about what
0:27.8	her death means for the Supreme Court right now. I'm Kai Wright and this is the United States of anxiety a show
0:42.1	about the unfinished business of our history and its
0:44.5	grip on our future.
0:46.5	And this week we have a special extended version of the show as we reflect on the life and
0:51.5	work of Justice Ruth Vader Ginsburg.
0:54.8	Justice Ginsburg certainly made an indelible mark on this country's history.
0:59.7	And for better or worse, the fallout from her death while in office will probably also leave its
1:06.3	mark on our history.
1:07.9	We've spent the past hour talking about Justice Ginsburg's legacy, and for this hour, we'll do a bit more of that but we're also now
1:15.0	going to turn to the broader questions ahead for the Supreme Court and for that I'm
1:19.1	joined by two of my favorite legal scholars and friends of this show.
1:23.9	Jamie Floyd is WNYC's legal editor as well as senior editor of our race and justice unit.
1:29.5	Jamie, welcome.
1:31.1	Hello.
1:32.3	And Ellie Mistal is the Justice Correspondent for the Nation magazine and Alfred Nobler fellow of Type
1:38.6	Media Center and the former executive director of Above the Law.
1:43.8	Ellie, welcome.
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