Alabama Double-Dares SCOTUS Over Voting Maps
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🗓️ 9 September 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Marc Elias, who has litigated more election and voting cases than almost anyone, to talk about Alabama’s disregard for SCOTUS’ decision in the big Voting Rights Act case of last term, and why the lawlessness is the point. They also delve into the dangers of tying the disqualification of former President Donald J Trump from office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the outcomes in his criminal trials. And why, when it comes to defending democracy, depending on the courts may make sense in the short term, but faces serious problems in the long term.
In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to discuss Justice Samuel Alito’s chosen venue to publish a love letter to Senator Dick Durbin, Chief Justice John Roberts’ chosen venue to publish a love letter to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and why a major religious freedom case is looking more and more like a fake spike.
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| 0:00.0 | There was a time not that long ago that if you were a Republican legislature and you |
| 0:09.7 | defied a court order, it was bad for your politics. |
| 0:14.1 | Within the Republican Party now, violating court orders, breaking criminal laws makes |
| 0:20.6 | you more popular. |
| 0:22.4 | So if you're an Alabama legislator, of course you're defying the court order. |
| 0:31.8 | Hi and welcome back to Amicus. |
| 0:33.8 | This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the rule of law in the Supreme |
| 0:38.0 | Court and I am dialylicic and I cover some of those things at the magazine. |
| 0:43.7 | Here at Team Amicus, we really hope you enjoyed your summers and maybe some rest. |
| 0:49.2 | We hope you didn't miss our Slate Plus segments with Mark Joseph Stern too too much. |
| 0:53.6 | Mark is back this weekend and we have lots to talk about including Justice Alito's love |
| 0:59.6 | letter to Dick Durbin and why the so-called praying coach is seemingly unbothered about |
| 1:06.4 | well coaching anymore. |
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| 1:23.1 | Plus and Slate Plus members. |
| 1:25.8 | As always, thank you for your support. |
| 1:28.9 | And thank all of you for your kind notes and feedback and thoughts about this summer's |
| 1:33.2 | crop of books and authors that we featured in our Amicus book club season. |
| 1:39.4 | Speaking of authors and book clubs, a little heads up that my own book, Lady Justice, is |
| 1:44.2 | coming out in paperback form in just 10 days. |
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