Bench marks: weighing recent SCOTUS rulings
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 24 June 2021
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The court’s term is not quite over, with contentious rulings still pending. We examine the latest decisions to gauge how its new conservative justices have affected its ideological bent. As a former Mauritanian president heads to jail we examine the country’s efforts to tackle corruption and bridge deep societal divides. And the long philosophical reach of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s only book.
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| 0:36.1 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:39.5 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:41.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:50.0 | A former president of Mauritania landed in jail yesterday. |
| 0:54.1 | The West African country's current leadership is trying to address its deep inequalities, |
| 0:59.1 | while navigating persistent tribal and racial divides. |
| 1:03.0 | There's much yet to do, but also reason for hope. |
| 1:07.2 | And it's been a century since the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| 1:11.4 | published his only book, The Logical Philosophical Treatise. |
| 1:15.8 | We look at the broad influence it gained by asking a seemingly simple question, |
| 1:20.6 | what exactly is language? |
| 1:28.6 | But first... |
| 1:35.6 | Last autumn, America's Supreme Court seemed destined for momentum's change. |
| 1:39.6 | President Trump has announced federal appeals court judge, |
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