The story here is about political power. It is not about legal doctrine.

The fact that all of these cases that we're talking about,

all these big hot-button issue cases are going to seem to the press

like they happen out of nowhere is embarrassing.

Because everybody convinces themselves that legal reporting is hard

and jargon-laden and complicated, and so an immense amount of time

is spent translating what gets lost is the stories.

And it shouldn't take the level of dobs for us to have our radars go up

and say, oh my god, this is horrifically affecting real people.

They are the story, not the justices, not the decision anymore,

and we need to be on the ground covering that.

Hi and welcome back to Amicus. This is Slates Podcast

about the Supreme Court. I'm Dahlia Lithwick, and this week we sit

at the very top of the Helter's Skelter looking down at all the twists and turns

that come with the month of June and what that will mean at the High Court.

We are going to be coming to you weekly until the Supreme Court term wraps up

some time in the last days of June, and our Slate Plus members

are going to have access to emergency episodes, analyzing the biggest decisions

as quickly as Mark Stern and I can wrap our heads around them.

Like this week's decision in Sacket versus EPA, that is bad news for wetlands

and those of us who like clean water, and good news for polluters and developers

and the people who love them. Slate Plus members were able to access

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