The Supreme Court Whisperer (with Nina Totenberg)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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It’s the five-year anniversary of Stay Tuned! Stick around until the end of the episode for a special segment. NPR’s Nina Totenberg has covered the Supreme Court since 1975. Known for her scoops and deep knowledge of the Court, Totenberg has spent her career following an institution that has, in recent years, veered sharply to the right. Preet speaks with her about her new book, Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendship, which details her relationship with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, her trailblazing career as a woman in journalism, and whether there’s hope for a less radical Supreme Court. Plus, New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit against Donald Trump and his family business. But what happens next? In the bonus for CAFE Insiders, Totenberg responds to listener questions about SCOTUS term limits, friendships on the Court, and how RBG changed her. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-supreme-court-whisperer-with-nina-totenberg/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	This coming term, the court will consider whether state legislatures have the power to make
0:15.0	rules for voting in their states without regard to either the state constitution or the
0:23.0	judiciary.
0:25.0	That's a big thing. That's a whole new idea.
0:33.0	That's Nina Totenberg. She's a legal affairs correspondent for NPR, focused on the Supreme
0:38.0	Court. Considered one of the founding mothers of the network, Totenberg has been a distinguished
0:43.1	reporter there since 1975. Totenberg is widely known for her scoops. Most famously, she
0:50.6	broke the 1991 story that a law professor named Anita Hill had accused then-Supreme
0:55.9	Courtney Clarins-Thomas of repeated sexual harassment leading to the well-known Senate
1:01.1	Judiciary Committee hearings. A lesser known fact about Totenberg is that she was close
1:06.1	friends with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And now she's out with a new book called
1:12.2	Dinners with Ruth, a memoir on the power of friendships. It's about her relationship
1:17.1	with the Justice and the other friendships that shaped her life and trailblazing career
1:21.9	in journalism. I spoke with Totenberg for a live event at Temple Emanuel on September
1:27.2	15th. We discussed her new book, The Legacy of the Notorious RBG, and the conservative
1:33.4	evolution of the Supreme Court. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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