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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

The Law of Public Health

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

Slate Audio

News Commentary,, Government, News

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California Irvine School of Law. Professor Goodwin unpacks the oral arguments in this term’s big reproductive health case, June Medical Services, and delves into the history of racism and civil-rights trampling in the name of public health.  For plus members, Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia with what to expect from a SCOTUS closed to the public, the Obamacare case, and which record was met at the Supreme Court this week.  Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi and welcome to Amicus. This is Slates Podcast about the Courts and the Law.

0:44.0

And the Supreme Court, I'm Dahlia Lithwick. I cover these things for slate.

0:48.0

And the whole magazine is trying to model really smart community distancing this week,

0:53.0

which means we're all working from home. We're washing our hands. We're avoiding unnecessary travel.

0:58.0

And yes, we're podcasting from our closets. So welcome to the new normal now with extra piles of sweaters.

1:05.0

There has been an immense amount of Supreme Court activity these last few weeks.

1:09.0

We're going to try to hit the high points and catch up with the rest of it with slate's Mark Joseph Stern

1:14.0

in our new bonus segment for slate plus members.

1:17.0

If you're not a slate plus member, you should check it out at slate.com slash Amicus plus.

1:23.0

So if I used to say that the five form madness continues a pace at the high court,

1:28.0

the court just this week allowed the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy

1:32.0

that we covered in a show in December to go forward over a stinging descent by Justice Sonia Sonomaeor.

1:38.0

And it remains to be seen whether the court will continue to hear arguments in the coming weeks.

1:43.0

But we promised we would do this week's show about June medical. That was the big abortion case that was argued last week at the Supreme Court.

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