The Law is a Tutu (with Dahlia Lithwick)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “The Law is a Tutu,” Preet answers listener questions about whether government officials listen to his podcast, the debate around cameras in the courtroom, and his favorite legal films. Then, Preet interviews Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor and longtime legal writer at Slate. Lithwick is also the host of the Amicus podcast, which focuses on the Supreme Court. In the Stay Tuned bonus, Lithwick discusses the drawbacks of specialization in the law, and what it felt like when Justice Samuel Alito called her “some hack.” To listen, try the CAFE Insider membership free for two weeks and get access to the full archive of exclusive content, including the CAFE Insider podcast co-hosted by Preet and Anne Milgram. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-law-is-a-tutu-with-dahlia-lithwick/ Listen to the entirety of Doing Justice, Preet’s new free six-part podcast based on his bestselling book of the same name. You can hear Preet’s incredible stories from his time as U.S. Attorney on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, a weekly roundup of politically charged legal news, and historical lookbacks that help inform our current political challenges. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: David Kurlander, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tune.
0:02.6	I'm Pete Barara.
0:05.2	But I think that without a doubt,
0:07.3	to have the court making five-four determinations
0:11.8	about every single issue at the core of who American see themselves to be
0:18.6	is perhaps problematic.
0:25.2	That's Dahlia Lithwick, a journalist and lawyer.
0:28.4	She currently serves as a senior editor at Slate, where she's worked for over 20 years.
0:33.1	In that time, she's developed a reputation as one of the nation's foremost experts
0:36.7	on the Supreme Court.
0:38.4	Lithwick hosts the weekly podcast, Amicus.
0:41.1	It focuses on the law and the courts and features interviews with top thinkers in the legal world.
0:46.2	Lithwick is well known among the nine justices.
0:48.8	The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once described her as spicy.
0:53.1	Today, Lithwick joins me to talk about the issue of legal literacy in the United States
0:56.8	and the influence of politics on the Supreme Court.
0:59.9	That's coming up.
1:01.3	Stay tuned.
1:13.6	Now let's get to your questions.
1:18.0	This question comes in a tweet from Lisa BA, who asks,
1:21.9	do you think government officials listen to podcasts such as yours, the Midas Brothers, or Gaslet Nation,
1:27.0	to name but a few?
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