Abortion Access Likely At Stake In Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race
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🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and Wisconsin Public Radio's Shawn Johnson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Amy Thorn in Tallahassee, Florida, and I'm sitting on my front porch with my |
| 0:08.0 | cup of coffee listening to all the birds wake up. This podcast was recorded at 12.18 pm |
| 0:17.3 | on Monday, the 3rd of April. Things may have changed by the time you hear this. |
| 0:22.5 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:24.6 | Nice. |
| 0:29.3 | It sounded like ASMR. I felt immediately relaxed. She seemed relaxed. Maybe we can just all |
| 0:35.0 | go to sleep right now. |
| 0:37.2 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 0:42.0 | And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent. |
| 0:45.2 | And with us today is Sean Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio's Capitol Bureau Chief from Madison. |
| 0:50.6 | Hey Sean. |
| 0:51.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
| 0:52.7 | Glad to have you with us. I was just there. Just saw you. And now we are here on the pod |
| 0:57.7 | talking about a really big story in Wisconsin. The state Supreme Court election is tomorrow. |
| 1:05.3 | Big money has poured into the state all for this one seat on the state Supreme Court. |
| 1:09.4 | The airwaves are blanketed with ads for what is supposed to be a nonpartisan position. |
| 1:14.9 | So Sean, tell us what's at stake in this race. |
| 1:17.9 | What's at stake is that we have a Supreme Court right now that is controlled by a 4-3 |
| 1:24.1 | conservative majority. And the winner of this race will determine whether that continues |
| 1:28.9 | for probably another few years or whether liberals will flip the court for the first time |
| 1:35.6 | in 15 years. And that decision is taking place at a pretty pivotal time for the court when |
| 1:42.6 | big issues could be coming before justices, including abortion, redistricting, and issues |
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