Gun Rights Are Likely To Be Expanded Even Further By The Supreme Court

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The conservative majority so far appears unmoved by prevailing public opinion on the controversial social issues before them this term, though they have been notably slow to issue final opinions. That will make for a busy few weeks of rulings as the Supreme Court races to conclude its term by the middle of the summer.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	This is Maureen and baby Kieran from Chaeahoga Falls, Ohio.
0:07.0	Francis is a lifelong listener.
0:10.0	Today she completed her last day of preschool and we are headed to get ice cream to celebrate.
0:17.0	This podcast was recorded at 114 pm Eastern Daylight Time.
0:23.0	On June 1st, 2022, we have made it to another month.
0:27.0	Things may have changed by the time you listen, but I'll still be making my kids listen to the NPR Politics podcast.
0:34.0	Take a shower.
0:37.0	What's all scream for ice cream?
0:42.0	I just want a day off.
0:46.0	And I want ice cream every single day, like perhaps right after this podcast.
0:51.0	I will go eat some ice cream.
0:52.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:55.0	I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
0:57.0	I'm Nina Tottenberg. I cover the courts.
0:59.0	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
1:02.0	Today's podcast is all about the Supreme Court and a number of decisions that we are expecting in the coming weeks, some of which could be huge.
1:11.0	Now we have talked on this podcast several times and at length about the expected decision on Roe v Wade and the leaked draft opinion that could change abortion law in America as we know it.
1:24.0	Go back and listen to those pods.
1:26.0	This one is about other items, including guns and gun control.
1:31.0	Nina, there are just a lot of outstanding decisions at this point.
1:38.0	At this point, there are more outstanding cases to be decided than there are decided ones, not even close.
1:45.0	And it's an indication of how, well, let's put it this way, charitable,
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