A Few Choice Words: Abortion Returns to the Supreme Court

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Abortion returns to the Supreme Court with June Medical Services v Russo, which the Court heard March 4 and could decide any day. It’s the first big abortion case since Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were appointed by Trump, who promised in the 2016 campaign to select Justices who would overturn Roe v Wade. Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, Leah (no relation) Litman, and Amy Howe join Harry to discuss the case and situate it in the 50-year sweep of the Court’s abortion jurisprudence since Roe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Talking Feds, a legal affairs roundtable that brings together prominent
0:12.4	former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important
0:17.8	legal topics of the day.
0:20.0	I'm Harry Littman.
0:21.8	I'm a former United States attorney and currently the legal affairs columnist for the LA Times
0:27.6	opinion page.
0:29.8	The virus has drowned out nearly all daily news, but the Supreme Court's term transformed
0:36.6	like everything else, proceeds a pace, and the court will be issuing decisions in six
0:42.5	or more blockbuster cases in the next 10 weeks.
0:46.7	We could at any time be getting decisions in important cases involving DACA, the Dreamers
0:52.9	program, sexual orientation, and abortion.
0:57.3	And the court has scheduled 10 more cases for two weeks of argument in May, available
1:02.6	on live audio for the first time, including three cases that involve President Trump's
1:08.8	efforts to withhold evidence from Congress and the New York District Attorney.
1:14.2	COVID-19 will remain topic number one here at Talking Feds, but these Supreme Court
1:19.4	cases have the potential of transforming society no less than the virus, and we will be
1:25.4	paying them serious attention as well, starting today.
1:30.3	With a close look at the abortion case, June Medical Services vs. Russo, which was argued
1:36.4	March 4th.
1:38.2	It's the most closely watched case on the topic since the appointments of Justices
1:42.8	Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh by President Trump, who famously promised in 2016 to
1:49.9	appoint pro-life Justices, who would vote to overturn Roe v Wade.
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