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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

There Is No Normal

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What is the principle at stake if Republicans pursue a raw exercise of power over Democratic objections to confirm a new justice to the Supreme Court? We’re not sure. But it’s also possible that the equilibrium some fear might be overturned by such a course of action doesn’t exist because there is no normal anymore.

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0:00.0

and

0:24.2

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast for Tuesday September 22nd, 2020

0:29.9

I am John Puthwords the editor of commentary magazine with me as always associate editor Noah Rothman high Noah

0:38.6

Senior writer Christine Rosen high Christine and executive editor Abe Greenwald high Abe hi John so

0:47.8

Again, we have nothing to talk about so we'll see tomorrow. No

0:51.5

Yes, we still have a Supreme Court vacancy and a

0:56.5

Battle Royale in the commentary it and among the political types and everywhere about what should happen now

1:06.5

Noah Rothman

1:08.4

You have a piece going up shortly on commentary magazine.com or probably up by the time people listen to this

1:14.5

Called call their bluff and you you lay out the

1:18.8

Practical argument against the case that is being made by my dear friend Jonah Goldberg my friend

1:25.6

David French

1:27.6

One of my intellectual heroes George Will that there should be a grand bargain to delay a vote or an

1:34.7

nomination on for the Supreme Court until the election is decided

1:41.1

or in exchange for what it is or a delay a vote in exchange for the possibility that should Democrats win that they will agree

1:52.2

to not

1:54.2

pack the court

1:56.2

as a response to

1:59.6

whatever

2:01.6

That is the case that Jonah has made in the dispatch or

2:06.3

That David's made in time magazine and that George Will has made in the Washington Post and you are having none of it

2:14.6

I share my esteem at admiration for all these figures

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