Supreme Court Justices Should Not Be This Good At Playing Dumb

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

OA1096 - The President of the United States has just pardoned a blood relative and it’s--fine, actually. We review the full pardon of Hunter Biden in the greater context of presidential pardons before moving on to our main story: this week’s oral arguments in the trans rights case U.S. v. Skrmetti. The most important and very likely the most consequential case of this Supreme Court term featured the first openly trans lawyer ever to appear before the high court patiently trying to explain to some of our finest legal minds why a Tennessee law denying life-saving healthcare to certain people based on which letter is printed on their birth certificates is in fact unconstitutional discrimination. Finally, Matt drops a quick footnote to acknowledge one of the shortest periods of martial law in democratic history and to see what we might be able to learn from it.

Statement from President Joe Biden re: pardon of Hunter Biden(12/1/24)
Office of the Pardon Attorney | Pardons Granted by President Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)
U.S. v. Skrmetti oral arguments (12/4/24)
L.W. v. Skrmetti (6th Cir)(7/8/2023)
President Yoon’s Speech Declaring Martial Law in South Korea - The New York Times (12/3/24)

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0:00.0	You must never ever give up or give in.
0:03.1	You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.
0:07.5	That is your calling.
0:08.9	That is your mission.
0:10.0	That is your moral obligation.
0:12.0	That is your mandate.
0:13.4	Get out there and do it.
0:15.0	Get in the way.
0:26.6	Change. Change happens because people care. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:36.6	I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:44.1	I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry,
0:47.9	no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong.
0:55.0	The fight for our country is always worth it.
1:05.0	Hello and welcome to opening arguments. This is episode 10096. I'm your host Thomas Smith. That over there is Matt Cameron, a real attorney. How are you on Matt? Hey, I'm all right, Thomas. We've been having just a lot of post-election anxiety here in the office. I'm just trying not to let it absorb too much.
1:11.5	It's been about a month now.
1:12.9	Pretty much every one of our clients wants to know what's going on with their cases and how it's going to be affected by Trump.
1:17.4	And it's just a lot.
1:18.5	But yeah, happy to be with you here today, though.
1:21.6	Plus, I'm sure those are easy questions to answer.
1:23.8	Oh, yeah.
1:24.3	Of course. No, no. No, no. What do you tell people? Well, we don't know if we
1:30.8	still have laws. You know, like, I don't even know how much I'm exaggerating. Like, what do you,
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