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The Counsel

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

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 9 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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0:00.0

I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.

0:02.0

I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.

0:05.0

I've ruled out uni because of my grades.

0:10.0

Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.

0:13.0

With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.

0:17.0

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0:23.6

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0:31.4

Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday. Before we get to this week's piece, I just wanted to

0:36.4

note, there was a day this

0:38.5

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

0:43.8

same story. You may have seen this, that a person who brought a case challenging the legality

0:50.2

of same-sex marriage, which of, the Supreme Court recognized the decade ago.

0:55.3

A person is now seeking to challenge that in the Supreme Court and seeking to convince the

0:59.6

Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, which is the case granting protections for same-sex marriage.

1:05.5

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

1:09.4

actually reverse itself.

1:12.1

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

1:17.2

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

1:22.7

it's very likely. Clarence Thomas has made clear he would like to overturn Obergefell,

1:27.4

but you need four to take a case.

1:29.8

You need five to reverse.

1:31.6

I just don't see it there.

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