Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - A Hair-Raising SCOTUS Curtain-Raiser
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🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern and Jay Willis of Balls and Strikes for a preview of the big cases headed our way this Supreme Court term. They tackle cases concerning voting rights, indigenous rights, environmental protection and affirmative action, before turning their attention to the tricky business of covering a court that is radically changed and how the traditionally deferential Supreme Court press corps needs to update its methods and reporting in response.
Dahlia’s new book Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America, is also available as an audiobook, and Amicus listeners can get a 25% discount by going to slate.com/justice and entering the code “AMICUS” at checkout.
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| 0:36.0 | These nine unaccountable super legislators, elite fancy lawyers, who are this out of step |
| 0:43.2 | with the public that is a crisis irrespective of disagreement about substance. |
| 0:52.0 | The fact that they can debate arcane cases in a way that's intellectually interesting |
| 0:56.8 | doesn't mean that when a big abortion case comes, they aren't all going to revert to |
| 1:01.5 | their personal and political preferences. |
| 1:06.1 | Hi and welcome to Amicus, a podcast about the courts and the law and the rule of law, |
| 1:11.6 | and most of all, the highest court in the land. |
| 1:14.4 | I am Dylithwick and I cover those things for slate. |
| 1:18.9 | I'm also the author of Lady Justice, which is my book about women and the law and the |
| 1:24.6 | ways the law fails us, but also saves us. |
| 1:28.9 | Lady Justice debuted this week on the New York Times bestseller list, which is thrilling, |
| 1:33.4 | although do note I am way behind Jared Kushner on that list. |
| 1:38.2 | Lady Justice is available in both print and audiobook formats. |
| 1:42.2 | Stick around because I will be sharing information on how to access a discount deal on the book |
| 1:47.3 | at the next break. |
| 1:53.3 | As the sun rises on a new term at the Supreme Court, a historic investor. |
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