BreakPoint This Week Special: The Supreme Court with Ed Whelan
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Maria is joined on BreakPoint This Week by Edward Whelan, a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and holds EPPC's Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies.
The two discuss the oral arguments that started in the Supreme Court this month. Ed provides an overview of the court, why Christians should care, and explains some of the finer points of the inner-workings on the Court. He also discusses the most direct challenge to Roe v. Wade that we've seen reach the court, while also sharing some structure to how the court may handle a second amendment case, potential vaccine mandates, and other cases that are being presented.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about news and culture from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:06.9 | We have a bit of a special episode today. We're talking with Ed Wayland from the Ethics and Public Policy Center all about the Supreme Court, how the Supreme Court works, and some of the big cases before the court this term, including the Dobbs case, which has the potential of overturning |
| 0:21.6 | Roe versus Wade. |
| 0:22.6 | So we're excited to get into it today. |
| 0:24.6 | Thanks for being with us. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week. |
| 0:31.6 | From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear. |
| 0:35.6 | We have a special guest joining us today. Sitting in for |
| 0:39.0 | John Stone Street is Ed Whalen. He is an expert on the Supreme Court. He's a senior fellow at the |
| 0:46.5 | Ethics and Public Policy Center where he holds the Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. And you |
| 0:52.9 | clerked for Justice Scalia. Is that right? |
| 0:55.8 | That's right. 30 years ago. Ed is an expert on the Constitution, the courts, and culture. He's a |
| 1:01.8 | contributor for National Review. And he's a lead commentator on the Supreme Court, particularly when it |
| 1:07.4 | comes to issues relating to constitutional law. So the Supreme Court just went back in session earlier this month. |
| 1:14.9 | And so we thought it would be a good time to just visit some of the cases that they'll be talking about this term. |
| 1:21.2 | Also just to talk about the court in general, what the implications of these cases have for all of us, Christians, and the larger culture. And, |
| 1:28.8 | Ed, we thought you were the person to do it. So we're really thankful to have you here today. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm really excited to hear from you. Well, thank you for having me. |
| 1:35.7 | I kind of just wanted to ask you a general question. Now, this is your life's work is the court, |
| 1:42.1 | and the courts, I should say, and law and what's happening in that area of life. |
| 1:46.7 | But I think for a lot of people, it can feel really removed from everyday life. |
| 1:52.3 | Talk to me about why Christians in particular should care about what's going on at the level of the Supreme Court in particular and how that might affect our lives |
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