Checks and Balances in the Balance at SCOTUS (with Melissa Murray, Trevor Morrison & Jack Goldsmith)

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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The Supreme Court just wrapped its term, handing down many consequential decisions, including in the birthright citizenship case which significantly limited the ability of lower court judges to check the president’s power. Preet is joined by professors and Supreme Court experts Trevor Morrison, Melissa Murray, and Jack Goldsmith to discuss the implications of that decision, and other emerging themes from this Supreme Court. Join the CAFE Insider community to stay informed without hysteria, fear-mongering, or rage-baiting. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website. You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned. I'm Preet Bharara.
0:08.1	The Supreme Court just wrapped its term, handing down many long-awaited decisions, including the
0:13.7	birthright citizenship decision. That opinion significantly limited the powers of lower court
0:18.8	federal judges. I'm joined this week by a distinguished panel of experts
0:23.1	to discuss the implications of that case
0:25.3	and other emerging themes from the Supreme Court.
0:28.6	Trevor Morrison is a constitutional law professor at NYU
0:31.1	and the school's dean emeritus.
0:33.5	He served as counsel to President Obama
0:35.2	and clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
0:38.4	He was also appointed by President Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court.
0:43.4	Melissa Murray is also a constitutional law professor at NYU, a legal analyst for MSNBC, and host of the podcast, strict scrutiny.
0:51.6	She clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor when she was on the U.S. Court of
0:55.1	Appeals. And Jack Goldsmith is a professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches about federal
1:00.1	courts and the presidency. He served in the Office of Legal Counsel during the George
1:04.3	W. Bush administration, co-founded the publication lawfare and now writes a Substack
1:09.1	newsletter called Executive Function.
1:11.6	Also, he clerked for Justice Anthony Kedony on the Supreme Court.
1:15.9	All that is coming up. Stay tuned.
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