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🗓️ 22 June 2021
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In this emergency episode, the hosts discuss one of the spiciest cases from this term, Fulton v. Philadelphia. And you know how conservatives hate spice, so suffice it to say, this holding didn't come out great!
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0:00.0 | We will hear argument this morning in case number 19123, Fulton vs. City of Philadelphia. |
0:07.0 | Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects. |
0:15.8 | On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Rianne and Michael are discussing Fulton v Philadelphia, |
0:21.8 | a holding that just came down last week. |
0:24.5 | In a 9-0 decision, the court ruled Philadelphia could not terminate its contract with a Catholic |
0:30.0 | Social Services Agency just because the agency refused to place foster children with gay |
0:34.9 | couples. |
0:35.9 | This is a big win for religious liberty advocates. |
0:39.5 | Interestingly, it's also a unanimous decision. |
0:42.1 | The conventional wisdom among liberals has been that Fulton v Philadelphia is a good decision |
0:47.0 | and should come as relief for anyone who feared the new conservative court. |
0:51.4 | As you'll hear, that is a short-sighted view. |
0:55.0 | This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
1:06.6 | Welcome to an emergency broadcast of 5-4 where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court |
1:12.9 | cases that have brought American liberty to the brink of extinction like the widespread |
1:17.4 | use of DDT did to the bald eagle. |
1:20.6 | I am Peter, I'm here with Michael, hey everybody. |
1:25.8 | And Rianne. |
1:26.8 | Hi, hello. |
1:28.8 | We were going to drop a premium episode about textualism today, but then one of the most |
1:35.5 | controversial cases of the term dropped and we thought we better cover it. |
1:40.8 | So today is Fulton v the city of Philadelphia. |
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