Trump's 2nd Rodeo & SCOTUS Overreaches (with Michael Waldman)

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4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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What happens when the public loses faith in the Supreme Court? Michael Waldman is the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. He’s out with a new book called The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America. He joins Preet to discuss the history of SCOTUS overreaches and how the ensuing public backlash has shaped American politics. Plus, Preet reacts to Donald Trump’s arraignment in the classified documents case. For bonus Stay Tuned material, 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/trumps-2nd-rodeo-scotus-overreaches/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #AskPreet, email us your questions and comments 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	It was once said that the Supreme Court were nine scorpions in a bottle.
0:12.0	Now the scorpions are crawling all over the table.
0:15.0	They're attacking each other in public and public support for the Court,
0:19.0	public credibility for the court has collapsed.
0:25.0	That's Michael Waldman.
0:27.0	He's the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law.
0:31.0	A lawyer, policy expert, and former presidential speechwriter,
0:34.0	Waldman has been at the forefront of the fight for progressive political change for decades.
0:39.0	Now he's out with a new book called The Supermajority,
0:41.0	how the Supreme Court divided America.
0:44.0	Waldman joins me to discuss the relationship between the Court and the voting public.
0:48.0	We look back at other moments where the Court caused political backlash
0:51.0	or when the Court reflected popular will.
0:54.0	And we consider today's Court with its recent political chaos.
0:57.0	Can anything be done to bring the Court back from its current crisis of public confidence?
1:02.0	That's coming up.
1:03.0	Stay tuned.
1:14.0	Now let's get to your questions.
1:18.0	So we've gotten a lot of questions this week as you might imagine.
1:21.0	About the indictment, the federal indictment, a former president Donald Trump.
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