Laurence Tribe: God Save This Dishonorable Court

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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John is joined by constitutional scholar nonpareil Laurence Tribe to discuss the radical challenge to the prevailing legal order by Donald Trump's actions and agenda. Tribe maintains that it’s no exaggeration to say, just three weeks into the new administration, that Trump, Elon Musk, and their allies are engaged in an incipient coup d’etat; and that the courts — including the Supreme Court, despite its diminished reputation and recent bent towards overt partisanship — remain the last, best, and maybe only remaining guardrail against the unfolding assault on our democratic system. Once considered a likely pick for high court himself, Tribe also reflects on what it would be like to be one of the Supremes in this fraught and unprecedented moment. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0	Aloha and namaste, everyone, and welcome to Impolitic with John Heilman, a puck and Odyssey joint featuring
1:11.4	lively in-depth and sometimes just a little nasty conversations with the people who roam
1:15.6	the corridors of power and influence in America, weaving the warp and wept of our politics and
1:20.9	culture. Among the many clear and undeniable effects of Donald Trump's first term in office was that it served as a
1:30.4	full employment act for legal scholars and analysts from law professors and constitutional theorists
1:35.9	to former federal prosecutors, public defenders, white shoe, three-piece suit wearing, corporate law
1:41.6	firm partners, etc., etc., etc. All of them needed to help us wrap our brains around the myriad unprecedented,
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