Under The Black Robes

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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With all the scrutiny surrounding the Supreme Court lately Rick welcomes author of Nine Black Robes, Joan Biskupic, to the podcast. Joan is a legal analyst for CNN, has covered the courts for over thirty years and has written several books about the Supreme Court and Justices. They discuss the controversy surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas. They also discuss other Justices in depth and touch on the eroding confidence in the highest court of our country. And Rick puts a judge on this episode's Enemies List for legislating from the bench. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rick-wilsons-the-enemy-list/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, folks, our guest is Joan Biscupic, who is the author of a tremendous new book called
0:10.9	Nine Black Roads, and it traces something that is reshaping America at a very fundamental
0:17.1	level in so many parts of our lives right now, and that is the Supreme Court Supermajority
0:23.0	and the dominance of the Supreme Court by Republicans and conservatives, and I'm so happy
0:28.4	to have her with us today.
0:29.4	There was also maintain what was called an enemy's list.
0:35.4	Democrats want Republicans dead.
0:38.4	I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody.
0:41.9	The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about
0:46.0	having abortions.
0:48.1	On January 6th of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.
0:53.4	You're the president of the United States.
0:55.6	It's not a right-wing conspiracy theory, it's not queuing on.
1:01.5	It's real.
1:02.5	I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemy's list.
1:15.3	Joan, tell us about Nine Black Roads, and tell us about what's happening on the court.
1:21.6	If the things we're seeing and the things we're not seeing about how this conservative
1:25.4	court is reshaping America, it's great to be with you, Rick.
1:30.4	There's just so much happening up there, and I thought it was time for a group portrait
1:35.6	given how much the court had changed.
1:37.9	I've been watching the Supreme Court since the late 80s, early 90s, and we for so much
1:42.9	a long time had a conservative dominance of five, four, split court, but it was such
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