This is a HeadGum Podcast. I don't know what to think I don't know what to say

and that's all right

yeah that's okay

I don't know anything.

Hello, welcome to factually. I'm Adam Conover,

and you know, the Supreme Court is really weird. You know we have this myth that it's a group of nine priests who interpret our holy constitution using their perfect knowledge of the law.

But get rid of the robes, and they're just a bunch of adults

with flabby mortal human bodies.

You know, like they got genitalia flopping around

like anybody under there.

Not only that, they have friends, enemies, credit cards,

dinner plans, family problems, all the things that we do.

Their people, is what I'm saying.

They live in the same country. We do and they are the products of our times just like we are.

Which means that they are not in fact angels sent from the land of law down to earth to interpret dispassionately

know they're human beings that have all the ideology and biases that being a human entails.

In fact, despite the impartial priestly branding,

the Supreme Court has been susceptible to changes

and developments in politics and American history

just as profound as in any American institution.

For instance, if you read the press, you'll see that there's a lot of talk right now about

how bad it is that the Supreme Court has suddenly politicized that it's become a place of

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