Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

A former president of Mauritania landed in jail yesterday.

The West African country's current leadership is trying to address its deep inequalities

while navigating persistent tribal and racial divides.

There's much yet to do, but also reason for hope.

And it's been a century since the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein

published his only book, The Logical Philosophical Treatise. We look at the broad influence

it gained by asking a seemingly simple question, what exactly is language? But first, last

Last autumn, America's Supreme Court seemed destined for momentous change.

President Trump has announced Federal Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee

to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of the liberal icon Ruth Bader

Ginsburg.

Barrett's addition to the court solidifies President Trump's judicial legacy and cements

a conservative majority that could impact.

But as the court's term comes to a close this month, a flurry of decisions suggests the

ideological shift has been far short of tectonic.

Yesterday, it issued four rulings, including one against a Pennsylvania school district

that the court said violated a student's right to free speech.

You'll remember this case.

It was about this cheerleader from Pennsylvania who issued a profanity-laden Snapchat message.

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