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The Gist

Special: SCOTUS After Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon joins Mike for a special episode on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After discussing Ginsburg's history as a justice and legacy on the court, they begin to unpack the future political ramifications of her death. Emily and Mike talk through the ways a nomination could quickly slip through the Senate before January, the impact a conservative court could have on issues besides abortion rights, and if Ginsburg should have stepped down under President Obama. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, this is Mike Pesca.

0:35.4

And this is, I guess we're going to call it an emergency gist and a sad gist because Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.

0:44.5

According to NPR days before her death, Ginsburg dictated a statement to her granddaughter, which said,

0:50.6

my most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed that wish I believe turns to fear with Mitch McConnell's statement saying essentially,

1:03.3

we shall go forward when given a nominee with a vote.

1:07.6

Joining me now is Emily Baselon, who is a staff writer for the New York Times magazine, senior research fellow at Yale Law School.

1:16.1

And of course, contributor and a panelist on the Slate political gab fest.

1:21.6

Emily, thanks for joining me.

1:22.7

You're welcome.

1:23.8

And also I think condolences because you did know Ruth Bader Ginsburg fairly well.

1:28.8

Is that right?

1:29.8

Yes.

1:30.4

Justice Ginsburg served on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals with my grandfather years ago and she lived in the same building in the Watergate as my grandparents.

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