Shortlists, Snubs, and Also-Rans
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
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🗓️ 23 October 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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This week your hosts provide an update on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation process and discuss several interesting new cases the Court took up this week. Amy interviews Professors Hannah Brenner Johnson and Renee Knake Jefferson about their book “Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court.” Lastly Amy shines in trivia about famous lawyers who could have, would have, or should have been on the Supreme Court.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Amy Swearer. |
| 0:06.9 | And I'm John Carlo Conoparo. |
| 0:08.5 | And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government. |
| 0:20.7 | Welcome back to another episode of SCOTUS 101. John Carlo, what do we have |
| 0:27.2 | on tap for today? Well, the court did not hear oral arguments this week and isn't scheduled to do so |
| 0:33.3 | again until Monday, November 2nd, but we still got some exciting and controversial news from the court. |
| 0:40.5 | We have, in addition to confirmation hearing updates, some grants, and of course our favorite game, |
| 0:46.7 | what will the Chief Justice do with his swing vote this week? |
| 0:50.5 | This is so exciting. Let's do this. Okay, first, confirmation hearings, G.C. Give us some ACB updates, please. |
| 0:59.7 | My pleasure. On Thursday, the committee voted 12 to zero with all the Democrats boycotting to refer Amy Coney-Barritt's nomination to the full Senate. |
| 1:09.7 | The vote before the full Senate is scheduled |
| 1:11.7 | for Monday, October 26. I'm very much excited for this, so thank you for that update, John |
| 1:18.4 | Carlo. Moving on this past week, the court granted certiorari in four cases, one on Friday and |
| 1:26.3 | three on Monday. Late last Friday, the court agreed to hear |
| 1:31.2 | the Trump administration's expedited appeal in Trump v. New York, which involves the 2020 census |
| 1:37.0 | and apportionment. In a July memorandum, President Trump directed Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross |
| 1:43.6 | to exclude illegal aliens from inclusion in the apportionment base, or in other words, to not count them as part of a state's population for purposes of apportioning electoral votes or seats in the House of Representatives. |
| 1:57.2 | Several state and local governments, as well as immigrants' rights groups, filed suit in federal court. |
| 2:03.7 | On September 10th, a three-judge district court issued in order blocking the Trump administration from implementing the memorandum. |
| 2:12.2 | The justices will hear oral arguments in this case on November 30th. |
| 2:17.0 | The court also took up a challenge to President Trump's remain in Mexico policy, |
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