Fixing The Court, One Story at a Time
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🗓️ 27 May 2023
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Summary
Take your seats for a live show from Washington DC this week. This live show is part of Slate’s Full Court Press coverage, a provocation for the fourth estate to hold the third branch of government to account. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, Elie Mystal of The Nation, and Jay Willis of Balls and Strikes. As we perch on the precipice of another slew of catastrophic decisions this June, they unpack how Supreme Court reporting has failed to meet the moment - and crucially, what to do about it.
In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, listeners will hear the question and answer segment of the live show - with piercing audience questions such as: "Why do so many Democrats fail to take the court seriously?, and some vital advice for law students from Elie Mystal and Jay Willis. (Spoiler: Don't be Tom Cotton)
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| 0:30.5 | The story here is about political power. |
| 0:33.1 | It is not about legal doctrine. |
| 0:35.3 | The fact that all of these cases that we're talking about, all these big hot button issue |
| 0:39.6 | cases are going to seem to the press like they happen out of nowhere is embarrassing. |
| 0:45.7 | Because everybody convinces themselves that legal reporting is hard and jargon laden |
| 0:52.7 | and complicated and so an immense amount of time is spent translating. |
| 0:57.6 | What gets lost is the stories. |
| 0:59.5 | And it shouldn't take the level of dogs for us to have our radars go up and say, |
| 1:04.3 | oh my god, this is horrifically affecting real people. |
| 1:07.5 | They are the story, not the justice is, not the decision anymore, |
| 1:10.9 | and we need to be on the ground covering that. |
| 1:13.4 | Hi and welcome back to Amicus. |
| 1:15.2 | This is Slate's podcast about the Supreme Court. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm Dahlia Lithwick, and this week we sit at the very top of the Helter's |
| 1:21.9 | skilter looking down at all the twists and turns that come with the month of June |
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