Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with the Supreme Court's most brazen display of how much it is out of step with the American people,

with a ruling overturning the Trump-era ban on bump stocks that came about because of the slaughter of over 60

at a country music festival in Las Vegas, where almost 500 were wounded because of the lone

shooter's ability to fire rapidly thanks to the bump stocks on his assault rifles.

Joining us to discuss how this rogue court has supplanted expert opinion with their own biases

as more and more compelling evidence emerges about the ethical lapses

of Thomas and Alito is Lisa Graves, the executive director of the new corporate watchdog group

True North Research. CS served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government,

as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and the Justice Department, as Chief Counsel for

nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a Deputy Chief of the Article III

Judges Division for the U.S. courts.

Then we're looking to the message versus the messenger conundrum, as many in the press

questioned the methods of Lauren Windsor, who secretly recorded Alito and his wife,

exposing their apparent sympathy for Christian nationalism, while broadcasting the explosive contents of her recordings.

Joining us is Jane Curtley, Professor of Media Ethics and Law, and Director of the Sillac Center

for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the Hubbard SILA Center for the study of Media Ethics and Law

at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.

She previously served as Executive Director of the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press

for 14 years and has written Friend of the Court's briefs in the United States Supreme Court.

She is the author of Media Ethics Today, Issues, Analysis, Solutions.

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