Judges, Generals, and Grand Legal Poobahs
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
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🗓️ 11 June 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, GianCarlo and Amy discuss the rumored departure of Solicitor General Noel Francisco, update you on Covid-19 litigation, and explain the one opinion issued this week on the prisoner pleading three-strikes rule. GianCarlo also interviews former federal judge and Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, who settles the debate about what to call attorneys general. Finally, in honor of the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, Amy tries to stump GianCarlo with World War 2 SCOTUS trivia.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Amy Swearer. |
| 0:06.9 | And I'm John Carlo Conoparo. |
| 0:08.5 | And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to another episode of SCOTUS 101. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome, welcome, welcome. |
| 0:25.2 | We have another roller coaster of a week for the Supreme Court opinions. |
| 0:29.6 | Two weeks ago, you might recall we had no cases. |
| 0:32.6 | Last week, we got five all on one day. |
| 0:35.2 | And this week, we once again have one. |
| 0:39.8 | Yeah, honestly, these last weeks have reminded me of a particular ride at Bush Gardens Williamsburg. I'm not going to |
| 0:45.5 | tell you which one it is in case you haven't written it before. But in the middle of this ride, |
| 0:49.8 | you're going on your merry way, and then they stop you in a dark tunnel. And you're just like, why are we not moving? Is the ride broken? I broke it. I broke the ride. And then out of nowhere, the floor opens up underneath you. It drops you like half a story, and then they shoot you out into the rest of the ride. And I feel like that's what SCOTUS has been this month. You know, we were on |
| 1:12.8 | our merry way. The floodgates had opened. And now we're just sort of stuck in a tunnel. But we know |
| 1:18.5 | those floorboards any day now are going to open. And this is going to be an insane end to the term. |
| 1:26.0 | I think at this point, G.C., if I did the math right, in order to get |
| 1:29.2 | done by the end of the month, we're at like eight opinions a week, something like that? |
| 1:33.5 | Yeah, that sounds right. I would be so surprised if the term did not get extended. But in the meantime, |
| 1:41.1 | don't worry, we're still doing better than ESPN. We have a lot of SCOTIS |
| 1:45.3 | news to talk about and an interview you won't want to miss. Yeah, I love that we're still |
| 1:51.2 | bashing on ESPN here. Well, up its first in the news, current Solicitor General Noel |
| 1:59.4 | Francisco is expected or rumored to step down soon. |
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