Strange Alliances on the Supreme Court

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🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It’s June, which means it’s the season of highly anticipated Supreme Court rulings. We’re taking a look at two cases that shook up the typical partisan fault line on the bench. How did conservative and liberal justices find themselves making unusual alliances on double jeopardy and racial gerrymandering? Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate’s courts correspondent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	It's Supreme Course season.
0:36.0	It happens every June.
0:40.0	We all hover around our computers and in absolute terror,
0:44.0	wait to see what fresh hell Scotus brings us.
0:48.0	Mark Joseph Stern covers the Supreme Court for Slate.
0:52.0	In June, the justices come up against a big deadline.
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