The Roberts One-Step (TEASER)

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

This is a subscriber-only episode about the Real John Roberts, as rendered in a New York Times exposé about the Chief Justice's role in shaping Trump-related jurisprudence and turning the Court into a tool of the ex-President.

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5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Lena Richards. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's leaking.
0:02.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Prolog Projects.
0:07.0	On this premium episode of 5-4,
0:10.0	Peter, Rianen, and Michael are talking about revelations contained in a recent New York
0:14.0	Times investigation into the role played by Chief Justice John Roberts in a series of
0:18.6	cases concerning former President Trump in the 2020 election.
0:22.0	The Times story based on internal court President Trump in the 2020 election.
0:23.0	The time story, based on internal court communications,
0:26.0	made plain that Roberts is not actually a moderate
0:28.8	and not at all impartial when it comes to his fellow Republicans.
0:31.7	Here we have Supreme Court leaking, again,
0:35.7	leaking this time internal memos about the decision-making
0:40.1	process, which doesn't seem quite as patient and deliberative as they want to
0:46.0	present it publicly. Of course, the takeaway from the Times report will come as no
0:50.3	surprise to anyone who's been listening to 5 to 4. The difference is there's now
0:54.3	written proof beyond Robert's own published opinions. This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much
1:00.9	the Supreme Court sucks.
1:07.0	Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have robbed our nation, like the NYPD robbing a small business owner.
1:16.0	I'm Peter, I'm here with Rianen, and Michael.
1:20.0	Hey, so the police chief resigned for that right?
1:23.0	Yeah, because he was doing old school
1:25.0	mafia so shakedowns.
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