John Roberts’ Long Game

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🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The most recent Supreme Court term saw huge progressive wins for DACA recipients, LGBTQ rights and abortion access. However, upon further inspection it’s clear that Chief Justice John Roberts is playing the long game when it comes to conservative issues on the court. Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, writes about the courts for Slate and hosts the Amicus podcast Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Weekend, I went back and I listened to the What Next Archives.
0:08.3	Specifically a show from October, the opening week of the Supreme Court.
0:13.2	A lot was different back then.
0:14.8	No one was talking about a coronavirus for one.
0:17.6	But also, Slate's Mark Joseph Stern.
0:20.9	He was sounding alarmed, like really alarmed.
0:24.5	This is bad folks.
0:26.1	This is going to be a really bad term.
0:29.5	This term is going to be a blood bath for progressives.
0:33.7	It is going to usher in a conservative revolution in jurisprudence that knocks down decades
0:39.7	worth of liberal precedence.
0:41.8	It is going to fundamentally alter the scope and nature of our federal laws and state laws.
0:49.6	It's going to be a wipe out and I'm terrified.
0:52.1	Fast forward nine months, the Supreme Court term is all finished up.
0:55.9	And I don't know anyone who's calling what happened to blood bath.
0:59.2	So I called up Mark's colleague, Dolly Lithwick, to figure out if we'd gotten things wrong here.
1:04.6	Look objectively, I think we can agree.
1:07.9	And this was I think probably animating some of Mark's worry.
1:11.8	Nobody seemed to be aware when the October 2019 term opened.
1:18.6	What a catastrophic list of cases were on the docket.
1:22.3	Dolly and Mark tag teamed the Supreme Court coverage here at Slate.
1:25.2	I mean, I've been covering the court for 20 years.
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