SCOTUS Swipes Right

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Preet answers listener questions about the Brady and Giglio Supreme Court cases, the possibility of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection, and the COVID-19 crisis in India. Then, Preet is joined by Ian Millhiser, Vox’s Senior Correspondent covering the Supreme Court. They discuss a few major upcoming cases and the alarming direction of the highest court. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned/scotus-swipes-right/ Don’t miss the bonus for CAFE Insiders, where Millhiser breaks down the possibility of court packing, whether Justice Breyer should retire while Democrats have control of the Senate, and why he "blames James Madison." Join us for our next CAFE Live show, featuring two of the preeminent historians of our time: Professors Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman. The event will take place Thursday, May 27 at 6:00PM ET. RSVP here. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, a weekly roundup of politically charged legal news, and historical lookbacks that help inform our current political challenges. Head to cafe.com/brief. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: Noa Azulai, David Kurlander, Sam Ozer-Staton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	So for all of American history before 2010, I think you could make a credible claim that the Supreme Court was,
0:15.0	I think it was still political institution, but it wasn't a partisan institution.
0:20.0	And it is now partisan in a way that has never been before.
0:25.0	That's Ian Millheiser. He's a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers the Supreme Court.
0:33.0	He's also the author of the new book, The Agenda, how a Republican Supreme Court is reshaping America.
0:39.0	Ian has been covering the court extensively for over a decade. Before he came to Vox, he wrote about Scotus for Think Progress.
0:46.0	The courts changed a lot recently.
0:48.0	So today, Ian and I talked through a few major upcoming cases, and discuss why he believes the Supreme Court is undermining liberal democracy.
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