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Political Gabfest

The Political Gabfest: The You’ll Drag Me Out of this Supreme Court in a Pine Box Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2013

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: A judge rules against NSA spying, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to resign strategically, and a look at the original "welfare queen." Show page at www.slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:34.3

Hello and welcome to this late political gab Fest for December 20th, 2013.

0:38.5

The You'll Drag Me Out of the Supreme Court in a Pine Box edition.

0:43.1

I'm David Plotz, the Ender of Slate.

0:45.1

I'm still not over the D.C. Holiday Party.

0:47.6

The drugs.

0:48.7

The MTV camera crew.

0:50.5

The multiple arrests.

0:52.3

John Dickerson, Slate's chief political correspondent is here fresh from his arraignment.

0:57.4

John, how you doing?

0:58.3

I'm doing fine, David.

0:59.4

Although I think Emily's check me if I'm wrong on this, but I think he started to do a little bit of this American life pauses at the odd moments.

1:08.3

Oh, no.

1:09.0

You mean the sort of erratic erupting causes?

1:11.6

Really?

1:11.7

Yeah, I just noticed when he was doing the introduction.

1:15.8

I noticed he was doing a little.

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