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The Counsel

Note from Elie 8/15: The Calm Before the Epstein Storm

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He is currently Special Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and a CNN legal analyst.  For a transcript of Elie’s note and the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.5

Hey, everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.

0:41.5

Before we get to this week's piece, I just wanted to note, there was a day this week

0:45.9

when I got texts from a handful of different friends, all of whom were very worried about

0:50.8

the same story.

0:51.8

You may have seen this, that a person who brought a case

0:55.9

challenging the legality of same-sex marriage, which of course the Supreme Court recognized

1:00.6

the decade ago, a person is now seeking to challenge that in the Supreme Court and seeking

1:06.0

to convince the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, which is the case granting protections for same-sex marriage. There's some real concern out there that the Supreme Court to reverse Obergafel, which is the case granting protections for same-sex marriage.

1:12.7

There's some real concern out there that the Supreme Court might take this case and might actually

1:17.2

reverse itself. What I told all these friends is it's very unlikely the Supreme Court takes the

1:24.1

case. It's not 0%. I'm never going to vouch it for them, zero or 100% to do

1:28.5

anything, but I think it's very likely. Clarence Thomas has made clear he would like to overturn

1:33.1

Obergefell, but you need four to take a case. You need five to reverse. I just don't see it there.

1:39.9

Obviously, the three liberals would oppose this. Chief Justice Roberts would want no part of this

1:45.2

of reversing something that's so new and so dramatic. I don't think Barrett or Kavanaugh would be

1:51.0

in with it either. I don't think Gorsuch would be in with it. So I don't think it's likely,

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