Michael Waldman (on the Supreme Court)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Michael Waldman (The Supermajority, The Fight to Vote, The Second Amendment) is an attorney, presidential speechwriter, and author. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court is involved in modern policymaking, what the concept of originalism is, and how extremism is influencing judges rulings on cases. Michael and Dax talk about the changes Congress can make to how justices are appointed, how public hearings have become spectacles for entertainment, and what role the media has in shaping the court of public opinion. Michael explains how the office of the President was founded, the struggles between gun rights and public safety policy, and why it's important to protect judicial independence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to arm chair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan rather I'm joined by Mrs. Mouse.
0:06.7	Hey, Heller. We got a whole new genre of conversation today that we don't normally you'd
0:13.4	throw on some things away on your computer here just what the trash
0:16.6	do a little housekeeping on your desktop I had to get rid of something really
0:21.4	important oh my god you look like we're caught documents to get rid of something really important. Oh my God.
0:23.0	You look like classified documents.
0:25.0	Photo or something.
0:26.0	That's where someone saw it.
0:28.0	I don't want to talk about it.
0:29.0	Oh my God. Michael Walden is here.
0:31.0	He is an attorney and a presidential speech writer. He wrote or oversaw 2,000
0:36.1	speeches in the Clinton administration.
0:38.1	Unbelievable. He's also a political advisor. He is currently serving as the president and
0:41.4	CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at
0:43.9	NYU School of Law. He's got a couple of great books, The Fight to Vote in the
0:49.6	Second Amendment, a biography. He has a new book out which he's here to talk about and is the new
0:54.9	genre of exploration for us the Supreme Court. The book is called The
0:59.3	Supermajority, The Year the Supreme Court divided America.
1:03.4	Mm! Mm! Mm!
1:06.0	Supreme Court's really interesting.
1:07.4	Very.
1:08.4	Twisty-turvy history.
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