The Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis

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🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Since the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket" decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect, a growing chorus of politicians and legal experts have questioned the court’s legitimacy. Vox's Ian Millhiser says the justices aren’t taking the criticism well. Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	Back in early September, the Supreme Court made one of its most controversial moves,
0:40.9	probably since it handed George W. Bush the presidency.
0:44.2	In an unsigned opinion, the Court allowed a Texas abortion law that violated decades
0:50.0	of its own precedent to go into effect.
0:53.7	In Roe v. Wade, back in 1973, the Court established a right to an abortion.
0:59.4	For decades since, it has affirmed that decision while also chipping away at it, but in September
1:05.3	2021, the Court took a big step back.
1:08.7	It allowed Texas to enact SB8, a law that would basically ban abortion after six weeks
1:15.1	of pregnancy, and it allowed individuals basically anywhere to sue any person in Texas who
1:21.1	helped someone get an abortion after six weeks.
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