The Supreme Court v. Our Rights

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

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🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Another year of The Supreme Court of the United States is coming to a close. But can we still trust our nine appointed justices to be the final arbiters of the law?. Co-hosts of the Boom! Lawyered podcast, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, join Kai Wright to answer those questions and more from our listeners about Dobbs v. Jackson and the impact of abortion rights on the U.S. Plus, results from our audience experiment to see how platforms on the Internet shape the content we consume. Companion Listening: Dissent, Dissent, Dissent (9/20/2020) In this special episode, we reflect on the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, following her passing. Kai is joined by Emily Bazelon (Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine and Co-Host of “Political Gabfest” at Slate), WNYC’s own Brian Lehrer and callers like you to talk about the impact of the “Notorious RBG” on the nation and its citizens. “The United States of Anxiety” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. To catch all the action, tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on WNYC.org/anxiety or tell your smart speakers to play WNYC. We want to hear from you! Connect with us on Twitter @WNYC using the hashtag #USofAnxiety or email us at anxiety@wnyc.org.

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0:00.0	Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts.
0:20.9	Justice Sonia Sotomayor has posed what may be the most weighty question before the Supreme Court this term.
0:27.0	She vocalized what so many people were thinking this week, as the court heard oral arguments and the challenge to Mississippi's law banning abortions after 15 weeks.
0:37.0	Coming up on the United States of anxiety, we'll try to answer the justice's question.
0:41.0	As we look back at the year in law and forward at the widely expected overturning of Roe v. Wade. Can you name the Supreme Court justices? We're at Kavanaugh.
1:04.0	Kavanaugh.
1:05.0	The lady that replaced the RGB, the obsessive Christian,
1:08.0	what's her name?
1:09.0	Oh, this is embarrassing.
1:10.0	Do you trust that the Supreme Court is fair?
1:13.6	I would say no.
1:14.9	It's definitely been influenced by lobbyists and politicians and it's not like a truly fair
1:18.9	democracy, especially with the abortion laws.
1:21.4	It's definitely not representative of the majority of
1:24.0	women who make up more than 50% of this country. The United States government at the
1:27.8	way it is now can't do anything for black people can't do anything for black women.
1:31.3	Has your opinion of the Supreme Court changed at all
1:34.8	in the past year?
1:36.0	I was always rather annoyed with the Supreme Court,
1:39.0	but I think after RGB died, it went from annoyance
1:41.6	like I've given up on y'all. At way you just got to realize like old white men ain't gonna change the way that we changed and so long as we don't change that it's old white men. We're not gonna change the way we live in our own.
1:57.0	Welcome to the show. I'm Ky-right. The Supreme Court is an odd thing.
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