Obamacare Wins At SCOTUS; Biden Admin Expands Transgender Student Protections
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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This episode: Congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, national justive correspondent Carrie Johnson, and education correspondent Cory Turner.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Erin Lemon from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:03.6 | Four years ago, my eighth grade social studies class |
| 0:06.8 | recorded an opening for the MPR Politics podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, I'm on my way to their high school graduation. |
| 0:13.2 | This podcast was recorded at 1.54 pm on Thursday, June 17th. |
| 0:18.6 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, |
| 0:21.2 | but I'll still be beaming with pride for how far these kids have come. |
| 0:25.0 | Congratulations to the class of 2021. |
| 0:30.8 | Congratulations, guys. |
| 0:32.5 | Oh, that's wonderful. Congratulations. |
| 0:34.7 | They've sure endured a lot. Good for them. |
| 0:36.7 | Absolutely true. Very cool. |
| 0:38.8 | Well, hey there. It's the MPR Politics podcast. |
| 0:41.7 | I'm Kelsey Snow, I cover Congress. |
| 0:43.6 | I'm Asma Khaled. I cover the White House. |
| 0:45.6 | And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent. |
| 0:48.6 | And it's opinion day at the Supreme Court, |
| 0:51.0 | and we've got a couple of the major decisions |
| 0:53.2 | we were expecting this term in a seven to two vote |
| 0:56.2 | the Supreme Court throughout a challenge |
| 0:58.1 | to the Affordable Care Act. |
| 0:59.6 | And the Supreme Court ruled in favor |
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