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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

A Judge, on Judging

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

Slate Audio

News Commentary,, Government, News

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Judges are at the center of every conversation on Amicus, but never as guests on the show. Until today. Dahlia Lithwick has a wide-ranging and illuminating conversation with Robert Lasnik, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Judge Lasnik answers questions about how cases are selected, where the judiciary has fallen short in response to #metoo, whether justices should hit back against criticism or maintain a lofty silence, and why Bob Dylan looms large in his courtroom  (more details in this 2011 LA Times article). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm an I-lin to be on a private bloody yacht that's like someone else's life don't

0:06.2

we need a proper plan I wouldn't enjoy it while we can

0:09.9

Hello can you hear me the blue

0:14.9

but I'm waiting you I don't know where we are

0:19.7

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0:27.2

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0:38.4

how many federal judges does it take to change the light bulb there's two answers

0:41.8

one is just one he holds up the light bulb

0:44.7

and the entire world revolves around him

0:47.3

but the other one I think is more spot on is change change who said anything

0:52.1

about change

0:57.1

hi and welcome to amicus late's podcast about the law the Supreme Court and the

1:06.0

rule of law in America I'm Dahlia Leithwick I cover some of those things

1:09.9

for slate and thank you up front to slate's own Mark Joseph Stern for guest

1:15.0

hosting our last episode

1:18.1

where shall we begin at the Supreme Court this week the justices continue

1:23.9

their long quiet march to June and their final opinion no more oral arguments

1:29.8

from them until October former justice John Paul Stevens who is 99 unveiled a

1:36.9

new autobiography and mad ping pong skills on NPR and vice president

1:43.6

pants claims the president will be asking the court to do something about

1:48.3

broad nation-wide injunctions from loan district court judges stay tuned

1:54.0

the country meanwhile finds itself on the brink of what Nancy Pelosi and

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