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Strict Scrutiny

Election Anxiety: How the Outcome Could Affect SCOTUS’s Docket

Strict Scrutiny

Crooked Media

Philosophy, News, Government, Supreme Court, Society & Culture

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

After diving deep on a wild story about Justice Alito palling around with a German princess, Melissa, Kate, and Leah take a look at pending SCOTUS cases, including some that could be affected by the outcome of the election. They also take a look at a crucial case in the 5th circuit about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

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0:00.0

Mr. Chief Justice, may please support.

0:05.0

It's an old joke, but when I argue men, argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they're going to have the last word.

0:14.0

She spoke, not elegantly, but with unmistakable clarity.

0:19.0

She said,

0:24.1

I ask no favor for my sex.

0:26.7

All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet

0:29.0

or for next.

0:51.1

Thank you. Hello and welcome back to strict scrutiny, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

0:56.1

We're your host today. I'm Melissa Murray. I'm Leah Whitman. And I'm Kate Shaw. And we've got a big episode for you today. We're going to begin this one with a court culture segment and trust us when we say

1:01.0

we are covering the good, the bad, and the ugly. The first part of that court culture segment will

1:07.0

include a discussion of our favorite fanboy Sam Alito's recent efforts to up the ante on

1:13.9

Supreme Court benefactors. Apparently, it's no longer enough to have an emotional support billionaire.

1:21.3

Now, the hip kids have emotional support royalty. We will then bring you up to speed on the court's latest

1:29.5

interventions in the election since they obviously weren't going to let the Fifth Circuit

1:33.6

have all the fun. And we'll discuss the cases that might be affected by the outcome of the election

1:38.7

given that election day is tomorrow. And that will include a discussion of the Fifth

1:43.1

Circuit argument in the challenge to the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. And that will include a discussion of the Fifth Circuit argument in the challenge

1:44.5

to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. And then we will get to previewing

1:49.0

what's on tap right now. It's actually pretty light at the moment for the November sitting.

1:53.3

And now let's turn to court culture on Sam Alito and the German princess.

1:57.4

So there have been an unfortunately large number of occasions where the country has been

2:02.6

confronted with Hitler references, Hitler analogies, echoes of Nazism as of late. As the Supreme

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