The Roberts Court is Undermining the Republic
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck has written a new book that outlines how since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the out-of-the-public-eye “shadow docket,” to regularly make rulings that affect millions of Americans without public hearings and without explanation. Conservatives on the Court have used the shadow docket to green-light restrictive voting laws and bans on abortion, and to curtail immigration and COVID vaccine mandates. The book is The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. You can buy a copy here.
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| 1:03.7 | Hello, good friends. Welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:11.6 | You know, among our three branches of government, the Supreme Court used to be the most highly respected, but no longer. Today the Supreme Court's beset with controversy over ethics, conflicts of interest, |
| 1:16.6 | and a clear extreme right-wing political agenda. |
| 1:20.6 | As a result, public confidence in the court has sunk to the lowest level in 50 years. |
| 1:26.6 | Meanwhile, University of Texas |
| 1:29.5 | Professor Stephen Vladick reports that the Supreme Court is also less transparent |
| 1:35.3 | than ever. In his powerful new book, Professor Vladick reveals that what we see of the court, |
| 1:42.4 | those public oral hearings, |
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