From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lerer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Thursday, May 18th.

Now we want to help introduce the new second season of the WNYC series called More Perfect.

It's the podcast about the Supreme Court's

most significant rulings and their impact today. Episode one was about the tension historically

over when a person's religion could exempt them from the law, a Native American man who used

the drug peyote for religious purposes, not exempt.

But a web designer who refuses to be hired by gay couples for wedding-related websites,

well, that might be another story.

We'll soon find out.

Episode two is just out today, and it's all about Clarence Thomas.

Now, not so much the current corruption scandal over undisclosed big gifts from a Republican

megadoner that's been in the news a lot, more about what Justice Thomas actually believes

and the experiences in his life that led him to those beliefs, like attending Yale University.

What was your favorite memory as a student at Yale?

As far as my greatest moment, there have been some singular moments that I did have at Yale.

It was called graduation.

I got out of that place, man.

We'll talk to the host of Moore Perfect, WNYC's Julia Longoria in a minute.

First, here's another excerpt.

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