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Divided Argument

Will Baude & Dan Epps

Constitution, Constitutional Law, News, Law, Politics, Supreme Court, Government, Legal System, Supreme Court Of The United States, U.s. Supreme Court, Scotus, Supreme Court Justice

4.9 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

We cover many developments -- Justice Alito's unusual interview in the Wall Street Journal, the release of Justice Stevens' papers, more news on Supreme Court ethics, as well as a new cert. grant on the Chevron doctrine, the mifepristone shadow-docket ruling, and still more jurisdictional news in Moore v. Harper. But first -- an anonymous caller drops a new voicemail song.

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0:00.0	Oh, yay. Oh, yay. Oh, yay. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court.
0:08.0	Unless there is any more question to be able to find an argument in this case.
0:10.8	All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to give their attention.
0:19.5	Welcome to Divided Argument, an unscheduled, unproductive,
0:23.3	Supreme Court podcast. I'm Will Bowd.
0:25.7	And I'm Dan Epps.
0:27.0	Will, I think we should just skip the initial chitter-chatter and just get right to it.
0:32.4	We got a voicemail on our voicemail line.
0:35.1	You all have to hear it.
0:36.4	Let's play that right now.
0:39.3	The founding fathers of our state, three separate branches did create.
0:50.0	A power balance to instate. From tyranny to insulate.
0:59.0	Sometimes a wolf slips past the gate, dressed as a sheep that isn't great.
1:15.7	This wolf comes as a wolf.
1:20.8	There's just one chief executive.
1:26.1	In the White House he does live,
1:35.3	and high appointments he may give, Removals his prerogative, This wolf comes as a wolf.
1:42.3	The branch led by our head of state has power to investigate and prosecute the crimes we hate. When Congress tries to errogate, that power, it's beyond debate.
2:07.6	This wolf comes as a wolf.
2:14.6	I fear that the majority fails to protect our liberty.
2:23.3	You shouldn't just take it from me.
2:29.3	Many scholars will agree, and Congress too will come to see
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