Supreme Court Misconceptions

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🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When the biggest news stories happen all at once, it's easy to miss what each of them really means. Since Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last week, there have been questions about who will replace her and what it means for the court. Sam talks to Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about the Supreme Court's history and what recent discussions get wrong. Then, Democrats and progressives brought in massive fundraising dollars in the days after Justice Ginsburg's death. Sam chats with Julie Bykowicz of the Wall Street Journal about what all that money means. Finally, Sam talks to Tina Vasquez of Prism about the forced sterilization of immigrants in a Georgia detention center, and why it's important to see the bigger picture.

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0:00.0	Mark, hello, how are you?
0:01.4	I am as good as I can be under the circumstances, thank you.
0:05.0	I hear ya, I hear ya.
0:06.4	You know, so the last time you came on the show,
0:08.1	you also talked about the Supreme Court with us then,
0:11.2	but if I recall correctly, you ended by telling me that the court
0:15.4	and its justices are always so unpredictable
0:18.8	and just to keep your eyes peeled,
0:20.4	because who knows what could happen next?
0:22.9	And you are my friend, still correct,
0:26.7	as if you're able to be right on that.
0:28.2	I suppose mortality is the most unpredictable justice of them all.
0:33.2	Oh my goodness.
0:35.1	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:37.9	This week, misconceptions versus reality,
0:41.9	a closer look at the Supreme Court.
0:44.9	All right, let's start the show.
0:48.8	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders and you are listening to
0:51.9	its been a minute.
0:53.5	You know, every week feels so full of news,
0:56.1	but this last week, it felt like too much news,
0:59.2	coming way too quickly.
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