The chief justice's long game

1 big thing

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🗓️ 10 July 2020

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Over the last few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down multiple setbacks to President Trump and conservatives on cases ranging from abortion to LGBTQ discrimination. Chief Justice John Roberts' record shows he's not siding with the left. Instead, he's slowly but surely moving the court in a more conservative direction. Plus, the airline industry suffers a gut punch. United Airlines warned thousands of employees to prepare for layoffs in October as air travel demand remains tepid. And, the Black Lives Matter movement has gone global among sports teams. Guests: Axios' Sam Baker, Joann Muller and Kendall Baker Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Carol Alderman, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Naomi Shavin and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. We can be contacted by email at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: John Roberts' long game Airline recovery falters before it even gets off the ground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today and thankfully we've made it to another Friday. It's
0:08.8	July 10th. I'm Niala Boodoo and here's how we're making you smarter this morning.
0:13.0	Air travel is facing its greatest crisis,
0:16.0	and sports teams across the globe are taking a knee.
0:19.0	But first, the long game of Chief Justice John Roberts is today's one big thing.
0:28.6	Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is not the revolutionary conservatives want him to be.
0:34.7	Yesterday, the court ended its term with a ruling against President Trump, who now has to
0:39.6	release his financial records.
0:41.8	Sam Baker is our resident Axios Scotis expert and he's
0:45.2	here to help us get inside the mind of John Roberts. Even though he is citing
0:50.4	with liberals in these cases he is not moving the law to the left, but he is exercising
0:57.4	his power as the Chief Justice to move things in a more conservative direction at the pace that he wants and sort of in the way that he thinks they should get there.
1:07.4	What's an example of that of how he's moving the court to the right still?
1:11.0	So I think a really good example of this dynamic is the abortion case that the court
1:16.0	decided just here at the end of this term.
1:18.4	We'll hear argument this morning in case 1813 June Medical Services versus Russo.
1:24.8	Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court.
1:27.3	This case is about respect for the court's precedent.
1:30.4	The court had decided just a few years ago.
1:32.5	Texas had gone too far with some of its abortion restrictions.
1:36.0	Louisiana passed basically the same thing and that came back up to the court.
1:40.0	And Robert said, we are not going to overturn our precedent so no Louisiana loses
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