meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Playbook Podcast

June 20, 2024: SCOTUS prepares for judgment day

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Government, News, Daily News, Politics

3.9700 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It could happen today. It could happen tomorrow. And you can count on it happening next week, too. The Supreme Court has 22 remaining cases left on the docket, and with time ticking down on this term, the floodgates are about to open. From abortion restrictions to Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in his bid to subvert the 2020 election, to social media censorship, to a decision that could gut the regulatory state, the decisions that remain could have a sweeping impact on American life. Senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein sits down with Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels to walk through some of the key cases and what pros should watch for.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

presented by the U.S. Travel Association.

0:07.1

Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels. It is Thursday, June 20th.

0:12.6

There's one huge thing driving the day, and also tomorrow, and also a little bit of next week.

0:18.6

Over the next two days, the Supreme Court is likely to go through

0:21.7

a huge chunk of its nearly two dozen cases left on the docket. In the old days of the Supreme

0:28.3

Court, the end of a term would be defined by one or two maybe big cases that could upend the

0:33.9

political or cultural moment. Those days are gone. By our count, there are at least

0:39.3

22 cases left to be decided, a relatively high number for this late in the calendar. And while

0:45.6

by their very nature, any case that makes it to the highest court in the land is one of consequence,

0:50.4

there are several that stand out for their potential to affect your everyday life

0:55.5

and the law of the country. And now joining to Walk Me Through, not all, but some of the

1:01.6

Supreme Court cases we're expecting decisions on this week and possibly next is senior legal

1:06.9

affairs reporter at Political Josh Gerstein. Josh, hello, sir. Hey, Eugene. Good to be with you again.

1:12.9

You, my friend, and your team are probably exhausted. I hope they're done soon so that you guys get a

1:19.8

break. Yeah, it's been a weird year or a weird early summer for the legal team between the two

1:26.9

huge political trials for Trump and for Hunter Biden

1:30.5

and now going straight into Supreme Court decision season, we haven't really managed to catch our breath yet.

1:35.9

Yeah, it's like the legal community doesn't care about your guys asleep. It's so weird.

1:39.3

So the way that we're kind of looking at these 22 cases, which are left. There are a couple of cases

1:46.0

that touch on former President Trump. There is an abortion case. And there's a couple of kind of

1:52.9

social media regulatory cases that I want to get to with you. So first, I want to start with the

1:58.6

two Trump cases. There is the obvious big, big one,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from POLITICO, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of POLITICO and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.