Bad Vibes at the High Court

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Harry talks at length with Leah Litman about her new book on the Supreme Court, “Lawless” The book is a funny but biting look at the Court’s recent cases in a series of hot-button areas, including voting rights, abortion, and money in politics. Litman (no relation!) contends that the Court is driven mainly by the sentiments and political views of the Republican Party. The two Litmans explore her general approach to analyzing the Court as well as cases in several of the areas of focus on the book. They move at the end to Leah’s ideas for constructing a better, more progressive Court and finish with thoughts about the prospect for the Court and country’s falling off the cliff during Trump rule. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.8	Welcome to Talking Fed's One-on-One,
0:59.4	deep-dive discussions with national figures
1:02.0	about the most fascinating and consequential issues
1:05.9	defining our culture and shaping our lives.
1:09.6	I'm your host, Harry Littman. Welcome to another talking feds
1:14.4	one-on-one. Some of our one-on-ones are hard to distinguish from talking books episodes,
1:20.3	and this is one of them. We'll be talking in depth with the author of a soon-to-be-published book
1:26.3	on the United States Supreme Court.
1:29.0	The book manages to be at once a serious critique, a highly accessible survey of recent trends
1:36.8	at the court, and believe it or not, a funny and lively read.
1:42.6	The book is Lawless, how the Supreme Court runs on conservative grievance,
1:49.4	fringe theories, and bad vibes. And the author is Leah Littman. Lea Littman is a professor of law,
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