Joan Biskupic on "Nine Black Robes"

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Last year's Supreme Court term was one of the most significant in recent history with landmark decisions and cases about abortion, guns, religious liberty, the administrative state, and more. In this episode, veteran Supreme Court reporter and CNN Legal Analyst, Joan Biskupic, joins to unpack these recent developments and to discuss her new book, Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences. She and host Jeffrey Rosen have a reporter's chat and compare notes to discuss the evolution of the Court over the past 30 years, from the Reagan years through the Rehnquist Court, up to the Robert’s Court and what lies ahead. Resources: - Joan Biskupic, Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences (2023) - Jeffrey Rosen, “Big Chief,” The New Republic (July 2012) - Jeffrey Rosen, “Disgrace,” The New Republic (Dec. 23, 2004) Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, atbit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Last year Supreme Court term was one of the most significant in recent history with landmark decisions in cases about abortion, guns, religious liberty, the administrative state, and more.
0:10.0	Today, I'm joined by the legendary Supreme Court reporter and CNN legal analyst Joan Baskupic,
0:16.4	author of the new book Nine Black Roads, Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and
0:21.2	its historic consequences, to unpack these recent
0:24.7	developments.
0:28.6	Hello friends, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National
0:32.1	Constitution Center and welcome to We The People,
0:34.8	a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit,
0:40.4	chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution
0:45.0	among the American people.
0:46.7	We the People, friends, as I said, this is a weekly show of constitutional debate and usually
0:51.0	we convene liberal and conservative scholars to discuss the issues of the day.
0:54.8	Today we're going to try something a little different.
0:57.0	A reporter's chat among old friends to discuss the evolution of the court over the past 30 years.
1:03.2	That's about how long Joan Baskupic and I have been covering the Supreme Court.
1:06.9	Joan began as a reporter for USA Today, and I started right out of law school
1:11.7	as the legal reporter for the New Republic.
1:13.7	Today we'll talk about Joan's new book and compare notes about these historic developments.
1:18.8	Welcome Joan back to We The People.
1:21.3	Thanks, Jeff. And you know, I think I've talked to you about just about every one of my books
1:26.3	so it's fitting and I love your audience so thank you.
1:29.3	Well thank you and Joan you've been covering the court for decades with such distinction,
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