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We the People

Supreme Court 2021-22 Term Preview

We the People

National Constitution Center

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Monday, October 4, will be the first day of oral arguments in the new 2021-22 Supreme Court term. On this week’s episode, Supreme Court journalists Kimberly Atkins Stohr of Boston Globe Opinion and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal join host Jeffrey Rosen to preview the forthcoming term’s blockbuster cases on issues including abortion, religion, guns, free speech, state secrets, and more. Cases discussed include: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Houston Community College System v. Wilson Carson v. Makin City of Austin, Texas v. Regan Nat’l Advertising of Texas United States v. Vaello-Madero Hemphill v. New York United States v. Tsarnaev United States v. Zubaydah Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe Ramirez v. Collier Shinn v. Ramirez Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Additional resources and transcript available in our Media Library at constitutioncenter.org/constitution. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0

I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome

0:07.6

to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress

0:16.6

to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

0:22.2

On Monday, October 4th, the Supreme Court begins its new term.

0:27.3

Here to preview the blockbuster cases of the forthcoming term are two of America's leading Supreme Court commentators.

0:36.0

Kimberly Atkins-Stor is a senior opinion writer and columnist for Boston Globe opinion.

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She's also co-host of the podcast Sisters-in-law.

0:45.0

Also, Kim is the inaugural columnist for the Emancipator and an MS-MBC contributor.

0:51.0

Kim, it is wonderful to have you on We The People.

0:54.0

Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.

0:57.0

And Jess Braven is Supreme Court correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, where he was previously

1:01.4

United Nations correspondent and editor of the W.S.J.

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California Weekly.

1:07.0

He was previously a reporter for the LA Times, is the author of several books and a great

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friend of We The People. Jess, it is wonderful to have you back.

1:14.8

It's always a delight.

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Let's begin with a case that the court is hearing during the first week of the new term

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and that's United States versus Zubayda involving state secrets.

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Jess, tell us what's at stake in the case and what are the main legal arguments

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we should be looking for.

1:31.4

There's a detainee at Guantanamo Bay whose Nome de Gere is Abu Zubita, but before he was brought to Guantanamo Bay,

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