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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Justices and the Joke

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Jeffrey Toobin and Margaret Talbot join Amelia Lester to discuss the Supreme Court and the gay-marriage case that it is currently considering.

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

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It's Thursday, April 30th. I'm Amelia Lester, the executive editor of New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, April 30th.

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I'm Amelia Lester, the executive editor of New Yorker.com.

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On Tuesday in the Supreme Court,

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