The Supreme Court of mistrust

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Despite their differences of opinion, the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have always regarded mutual trust as a pillar of their establishment.

But the leak of a draft ruling has rocked that. So is the court forever changed? Dahlia Lithwick, Amy Howe and Carolyn Shapiro join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

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0:25.9	I'm Kimberly Atkins' store in this week for Magna Chakrabardi.
0:29.8	The US Supreme Court is set to wrap up its current term
0:33.2	by the end of next week.
0:34.9	A term that so far has been dominated
0:37.4	by the highly unusual leak of a draft opinion
0:40.8	that could end a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
0:44.7	What happened at the court is tremendously bad.
0:49.1	It changes the institution fundamentally.
0:52.8	That was Justice Clarence Thomas,
0:54.9	speaking at a conference in Dallas last month.
0:57.7	He described the leak as being quote,
0:59.9	beyond anyone's imagination and said that he now feels
1:03.9	like he has to quote, look over his shoulder.
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