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Could SCOTUS Decide the Election? (with Dahlia Lithwick)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by Supreme Court expert Dahlia Lithwick, while Preet is out. Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate, where she writes about the courts and the law, and hosts the legal podcast, Amicus. In an excerpt from the show, Joyce and Dahlia break down whether the Supreme Court could decide the presidential election. In the full episode, Joyce and Dahlia discuss high-profile cases on the Court’s docket this term, including disputes over ghost guns, gender-affirming care, the death penalty, and abortion. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis. To become a member of CAFE Insider head to cafe.com/insider. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. Subscribe to The Counsel for free to get more news at the intersection of law and politics each week. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Joyce Vance here.

0:04.0

This week on the Cafe Insider Podcast, I'm joined by my friend and Supreme Court expert Dahlia

0:08.7

Lithwick.

0:09.7

Preet is out.

0:10.7

Dahlia is a senior editor at Slate and she hosts the legal podcast Amicus.

0:15.6

We discuss what's coming up at the Supreme Court as the justices start a new term.

0:19.9

Could the court decide the presidential election?

0:22.3

And how might the justices rule on high profile disputes over ghost guns, gender affirming

0:27.3

care, and the death penalty?

0:29.3

Dolly and I discuss all that and more on a new episode of the Cafe Insider Podcast.

0:34.0

If you're a member of Cafe Insider, head over to the Insider Feed or click the

0:38.7

link in the show notes of this podcast to listen to the full analysis.

0:42.3

Stay tuned listeners remain here for to listen to the full analysis.

0:43.0

Stay tuned listeners remain here for an excerpt from our discussion.

0:47.0

To become a member of Cafe Insider, head to Cafe.com slash Insider.

0:52.0

You can try the membership for just one dollar for one month.

0:55.0

That's cafe.com slash insider. Now on to the show. So new and crazy developments at the court, right? And I think the issue looming

1:09.1

over this term is whether the court's law work will be subsumed by gossip and ethical lapses and

1:15.2

pure politics like it was at different points last term.

1:18.8

The court has hit a new low in terms of public confidence and yet it continues to have the authority to decide

1:25.2

some of the most pressing issues we face as a country. Like the election, right?

1:29.6

There's there's lots of speculation that the court will decide the election this year, the outcome of the election.

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