Absolutely No One Is Happy With the Dobbs Leak Investigation

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

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News Commentary,, Government, News

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🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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First, there was the Dobbs case. Then there was the leaked opinion in the Dobbs case. Then there was the investigation into the leaked opinion in the Dobbs case. Then there was the report on the investigation into the leak. Then there was the supplemental report from the Marshal on the report on the investigation into the leak. AND THEN there was the revealing reporting from the NY Times’ Jodi Kantor on a court roiled by reports and investigating and leaks. This week, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Jodi Kantor to dig through the reports, reporting and repercussions for the people who are inside One, First Street, and for the baffled majority who aren’t. In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to try to figure out why it’s taking so long for SCOTUS to hand down opinions this term, and to examine the very first decision of the term, disappointing in its unanimity and its negative impact on veterans. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Dahlia’s 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 percent discount by entering the code “AMICUS” at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	What's the way forward for a court that's troubled?
0:40.0	Has the secrecy grown so great that it is protecting things that shouldn't be protected?
1:00.0	Hi and welcome back to Amicus. This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the Supreme Court and I am Dialithmic.
1:08.0	This past few weeks have been deeply, deeply strange, even by the court's own standard for whatever is the new normal.
1:16.0	We finally heard about the court's investigation into last May's DOP's leak.
1:22.0	Then we heard a supplemental statement about the Justices participation in that leak investigation.
1:29.0	Then we heard by way of some stellar reporting from the New York Times Jody Cantor about how that leak was roiling the building from the inside and from all around nothing about any of this is good for the court.
1:43.0	But maybe more importantly, it raises some questions about what it means for all the rest of us.
1:49.0	Later on in this show, Slate's very own Mark Joseph Stern is going to join us for our special Slate Plus segment where we kick around the news
1:58.0	we couldn't fit into the main show. This week, that'll include the announcement of the first opinion of the term and its baffling unanimity involving benefits for disabled veterans plus whether a new documentary about Brett Kavanaugh is indeed anything new.
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2:42.0	The leak, the leakers, the leak investigation and the investigation of the leak investigation.
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