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SCOTUS Strikes Again!

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Mary Trump Media

Media And Politics, Society & Culture, Fight For Democracy., American Politics, White Supremacy In Politics, Multiracial Democracy, Social Justice Podcast, Wajahat Ali, Danielle Moodie, Politics, U.s. Politics Podcast, Racial Justice, Democracy Podcast, Political Commentary, Defending Democracy, Political Podcast, News, Progressive Politics Podcast, Government

4.8703 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In yet another blow to our democracy the SCOTUS has decided who gets to protest and who doesn't. Take a guess who has more rights in this country right now--an insurrectionists that tried to kill the VP or a peaceful BLM protestor?!? Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on this week's democracyish!


Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali

 

Executive Producer: Adell Coleman

 

Senior Producer: Quinton Hill

 

Distributor: DCP Entertainment



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0:00.0

Welcome to Democracy-ish. I'm Danielle Moody.

0:13.5

And I'm The Jihadha Thal Eve.

0:15.5

And Wash. You know, every once in a while, I want to take a break from the news and the headlines,

0:22.3

but then the Supreme Court does something absolutely fucking ridiculous and makes me wonder

0:29.6

how much more can Americans take in terms of having their rights just taken away, just a little bit by blue.

0:40.0

It's like, you know, democracy dying by death by a thousand cuts is what the Supreme

0:46.7

Court is doing. Tell folks what they've done this week. Oh yeah. Well, just this week alone,

0:52.7

it, you know, the Supreme Court has gone kind of ham.

0:56.4

And usually white supremacy used to be subtle back in the day, maybe 10 years ago. But now it's out

1:02.6

in the open. The hoods are off, but the black robes are still on. And it's so fascinating,

1:09.0

you know, when we're going to talk about these two particular cases,

1:12.4

who gets the right, Danielle, in this country, to protest? Who has the right to be outraged?

1:18.8

Who has the right for civil disobedience? Who is seen as a hero? Who is seen as a villain?

1:25.1

And take a guess.

1:28.1

If your melanin is of a certain shade, you get excused.

1:33.3

You have economic anxiety.

1:36.0

But if your melanin is as of another shade, then you are a potential security threat.

1:41.4

I will let our audience, which is a very sophisticated audience, decide.

1:44.4

But here come the cases. On Monday, our Supreme Court, which is, in my opinion, hijacked by

1:51.9

right-wing money and populated with a right-wing majority of extremists in black robes,

1:58.3

said they will not hear Meccasin versus Doe. Now, the decision not to

2:02.8

hear this case, Meccasin, leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the

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