Emergency Pod on Brett Kavanaugh Nomination

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4.6 • 600 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Tonight, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court. On yet another emergency episode of Boom! Lawyered, Rewire.News legal eagles Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo explore Kavanaugh’s history on the bench and what his confirmation could mean for the Court and our rights.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow law nerds.
0:09.0	Welcome to another special SCOTUS episode of Boom Lawyard, a rewire.
0:13.5	Dot News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that is on a work retreat in the middle
0:18.6	of the woods and is likely to get kidnapped by some weirdos.
0:22.0	I'm Imani Gandy.
0:23.4	And I'm Jess Piclo.
0:25.0	Rewire.
0:25.4	News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social justice news, commentary, and analysis on the web.
0:32.3	And the team legal podcast is part of that mission.
0:35.0	So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners.
0:39.6	If you're a new listener right now,
0:41.4	I have to give you props
0:42.6	because this is a really, really bad episode
0:46.3	to be a new listener on,
0:48.0	primarily because we now know
0:49.5	who our Supreme Court Justice nominee
0:51.7	is going to be.
0:52.8	And who is it, Jessica?
0:55.1	Brett Cavanaugh!
0:56.2	Brett Cavana! Come on down!
0:58.5	You're the next contestant on We're all fucked.
1:03.5	But seriously, Jessica, what does this nomination mean?
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