The Fine Line Between Greatness And OCD

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Mike Pesca

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Last week, after many months spent recovering from a shoulder injury, Clayton Kershaw, maybe the greatest pitcher of his generation, returned to the mound for the LA Dodgers. He is a singular talent in the long history of baseball, and we are joined by Andy McCullough, author of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness, to discuss how he earned that distinction. Also, Biden proposes major changes to how the Supreme Court works. And an ode to table tennis. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, July 29th, 2024 from Peach Fish Productions.
0:07.4	It's the jest I Mike Pesca.
0:09.6	Joe Biden, the President of the United States, fact has unveiled a plan to change the
0:15.8	Supreme Court enormously 18-year term limits for justices a binding
0:21.5	enforceable ethics code for the High Court.
0:24.8	Also, a constitutional amendment aimed at addressing their recent immunity ruling,
0:30.7	you know, no killing guys on Fifth Avenue would be the subtext if not the text.
0:37.7	This is fascinating because, well, let's acknowledge, it's not going to pass, but it's
0:41.9	fascinating because it's not going to pass but it's fascinating because it's not packing the court
0:45.0	which is extremely unpopular and I haven't seen polling on each of these or all of
0:50.8	these proposed changes as a collective but I think they're all wise.
0:55.2	An 18 year term for justices, I don't see the reason to object to that.
1:00.7	If it were applied retroactively and would usher certain justices off the court, that would be a means of objection, but that is not what's going on.
1:08.0	An enforceable code of ethics, I mean, it's a little bit in the details details but if it looks like the other ethics
1:14.7	that every other federal official has to abide by of that's a good thing and you
1:19.6	know the immunity amendment that's maybe a quick reaction to a ruling that we don't even
1:24.3	know the implications of but I do think that most Americans possibly even two-thirds of
1:31.1	Americans or two-thirds of the states, which would be the
1:34.5	requirement for a constitutional amendment would support it. Doesn't mean you're
1:37.9	going to get a constitutional amendment. Doesn't mean you're going to get any of
1:41.3	this, but I think these are all good proposals.
1:44.6	And I have been hearing a lot of the analysis saying, well, they're good proposals by
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