How Many Hard Rights Can One Supreme Court Take? with Professor Melissa Murray

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Comedy, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court of the United States will hand down decisions that could have major implications for LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice, tribal sovereignty, and beyond. Melissa Murray and Jonathan discuss what’s on the docket, why the Supreme Court seems more powerful (and conservative) than ever, and how we can get through this hot mess SCOTUS summer. Melissa Murray is a Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, family law, criminal law, and reproductive rights and justice and writes about the legal regulation of intimate life. Melissa clerked for Judge Stefan Underhill on the District of Connecticut and for Justice Sotomayor when she served on the Second Circuit. When she’s not reading the SCOTUS tea leaves, she’s practicing the violin, reading People magazine, and keeping up with Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. You can follow Professor Murray on Twitter and Instagram @ProfMMurray. You can keep up with Strict Scrutiny on Twitter @StrictScrutiny_ and Instagram @strictscrutinypodcast. Crooked Media is on Twitter and Instagram @crookedmedia. Curious for more? Check out these episodes from the Getting Curious archive: Can State Legislatures Save Us? Whose Land Is This Land? What Happened To Separation Of Church And State? Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from past Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Production support from Julie Carrillo and Emily Bossak. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Vaness and every week I sit down for a gorgeous
0:09.3	conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:14.2	Summer, it's a time for beach days and barbecues, SPF and sweat-wicking fabrics.
0:19.4	It's also when the Supreme Court hands down its decisions.
0:22.7	Today, we're discussing this year's Scotis cases and the current state of the nation's
0:26.9	highest court.
0:28.5	I'm Melissa Murray, who is a leading expert in constitutional law, family law, and reproductive
0:33.9	rights injustice.
0:34.9	She's the professor at NYU Law and co-host of Strix Crutiny, a Crooked Media podcast about
0:40.9	the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.
0:44.9	Melissa, how are you doing?
0:46.6	I am doing great.
0:47.6	I'm so glad to be here, Jonathan.
0:49.4	Oh, my God, me too, you.
0:51.0	I feel like I need a massage or like a chia-practor from the whiplash that my neck has from the Supreme
0:57.8	Court decisions that have been handed down in my lifetime.
1:00.7	Like I remember when gay marriage became law of the land, I was in West Hollywood.
1:05.8	The energy was electric.
1:06.8	I was outside the abbey.
1:08.2	Like people couldn't believe it.
1:09.2	It was like, I couldn't believe it.
1:10.6	We have loved that decision.
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