A Dream Supreme Court Term for Conservatives

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The Supreme Court embarks on its new term with a solidly conservative majority and a sense of urgency when it comes to settling legal questions that keep cropping up. Will Chief Justice John Roberts continue to strike centrist compromises in the interest of preserving the court’s legitimacy? Or will the country feel the court’s rightward shift? Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, legal reporter for Slate. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mark Joseph Stern covers the Supreme Court for Slate.
0:07.3	So this is not how I expected him to describe his first day back.
0:12.6	Terrifying.
0:13.6	Oh my god, it's so terrifying.
0:18.8	I expected less dread in his voice.
0:22.0	I am just chilled to the bone, popping Xanax left and right, like doing my breathing exercises.
0:29.4	This is bad folks.
0:32.8	Note to self, do not call Mark when you need someone to chill you out.
0:37.0	This is going to be a really bad term.
0:40.4	This term is going to be a blood bath for progressives.
0:44.6	It is going to usher in a conservative revolution in jurisprudence that knocks down decades
0:50.6	worth of liberal precedents.
0:52.7	It is going to fundamentally alter the scope and nature of our federal laws and state laws.
1:00.4	It's going to be a wipe out and I'm terrified and I'm not ready for it and I kind of want
1:04.2	to just crawl back into bed.
1:05.4	Do you need a hug, Mark?
1:07.5	I always do.
1:12.1	Why do you think this term is going to be a blood bath?
1:16.7	That's a big word.
1:18.6	Because part of the reason that last term was kind of sleepy and kind of pleasantly surprising
1:25.8	is that the Supreme Court ducked a bunch of big cases.
1:30.7	It ducked cases about abortion.
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