Death Penalty Distortion

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Alabama death row inmate Willie Smith’s request to have his pastor present at his execution, rejecting the state’s claim that having a spiritual adviser present interferes with prison security. Tune in to hear how the Supreme Court’s religious liberty ruling in Dunn v. Smith might affect future death penalty cases. On today’s episode, our hosts also chat about Yuval Levin’s latest piece in National Review on the sorry state of Congress and the New York Times’ 2020 Hulu documentary about Britney Spears. Show Notes: -Dunn v. Smith, federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case Morse v. Frederick. -“Congress’s Day” by Yuval Levin in National Review and “Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Yuval Levin About the Future of the Republican Party” in the New York Times. -Framing Britney Spears Hulu documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast.
0:22.0	This is David French with Sarah Isger.
0:24.0	We're coming at you on the most festive of holidays,
0:29.0	and we're going to be back on the list of the holidays.
0:39.0	So Sarah, do you view the holiday season as beginning on Thanksgiving
0:43.0	and ending on President's Day?
0:45.0	Please say yes because we still have our Christmas tree.
0:49.0	Wow.
0:50.0	Really.
0:51.0	Yeah.
0:52.0	Yeah, we do.
0:54.0	Christmas trees take effort. I really love our Christmas tree. I think our house looks better with it,
0:59.0	but like how long can you leave it up?
1:02.0	And I don't think that one-twelfth of the year is sufficient.
1:07.0	Agreed.
1:08.0	But I'm not sure that like one-third of the year is appropriate.
1:13.0	When do you put it up in the first place?
1:15.0	So we have a tradition that is supposed to be upheld,
1:18.0	which is the tree goes up the Friday after Thanksgiving or the Saturday,
1:22.0	just depending on the Thanksgiving meal. That's a America.
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