Impact of Scalia's Vacancy on SCOTUS Cases and 2016 Election
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2016
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia leaves the US Supreme Court equally divided, with the battle over his successor just beginning. We hear what's at stake for court cases currently pending, the presidential campaign and the future of America's Third Branch of Government.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
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| 0:41.7 | Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:45.4 | Let me look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:47.8 | The sudden death of Justice Antitance Scalia is creating winners and losers in cases now |
| 0:52.4 | evenly split between conservatives and liberals. |
| 0:55.7 | Immigration, abortion, voting rights, and the power of organized labor will all be affected, |
| 1:00.6 | dramatizing the Supreme Court's enormous influence on American life. |
| 1:04.6 | So what about Scalia's successor? |
| 1:06.5 | Part of the problem that we have here is we've almost gotten accustomed to how obstructionist |
| 1:12.4 | the Senate's become when it comes to nominations. |
| 1:15.6 | This year's election could help shape the third branch of government for generations to come. |
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