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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Court and The President

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Jeffrey Toobin joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent term, and the plans that Clinton and Trump have for the judiciary.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about

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politics. It's Thursday, June 30th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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The Supreme Court term has just ended, and it's already changed a lot since the death of

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Justice Scalia earlier this

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year. Hillary Clinton spoke in March about the court and the election. As scary as it might be,

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ask yourselves, what kind of justice would a President Trump appoint? As you know, he believes

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Muslims should be banned from entering this country because of their faith.

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What would that mean for a nation founded on religious freedom?

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He says wages for working people are too high and we shouldn't raise the minimum wage.

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What would that mean for working people?

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