Amicus: Did John Roberts Really Just Save Voting Rights?
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🗓️ 10 June 2023
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With a surprising decision on voting rights coming down this week from the Supreme Court, What Next is presenting this special bonus episode from our colleagues at Slate's Amicus.
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Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern join forces for this Opinionpalooza extra episode of Amicus discussing a seismic Supreme Court decision on voting rights. In his majority opinion in Allen v Milligan, Chief Justice John Roberts pushes back against his own long-standing stance on voting rights. Join Dahlia and Mark in this bonus episode to find out why.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what next listener, it's Mary. |
| 0:04.1 | And I am dropping a very special episode down this feed on a Saturday because this week was full of news. |
| 0:11.0 | And I wanted you to make sure you heard about what happened from us. |
| 0:14.6 | Right before Donald Trump was indicted again on Thursday, something else went down. |
| 0:19.5 | The Supreme Court voted to preserve elements of the Voting Rights Act that many people, |
| 0:24.2 | including guests on this show, had assumed they would be tanking. |
| 0:29.0 | This is huge and surprising. |
| 0:31.6 | And all I wanted to do was hear from Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern about it. |
| 0:36.0 | Thankfully, they recorded their own show about the ins and outs of this case, and that's |
| 0:40.5 | what I've got for you today. |
| 0:42.0 | So, without further ado, here is their emergency episode of Amicus in case you are not listening |
| 0:47.5 | to that show already. |
| 0:48.6 | You really should be. |
| 0:50.0 | And as for that Trump news, we will be digging into all that next week. |
| 0:59.2 | Thank you. And as for that Trump news, we will be digging into all that next week. Hi and welcome to Amicus. |
| 1:01.5 | This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the Supreme Court. |
| 1:05.3 | And I'm Dahlia Lithwick. |
| 1:06.5 | I cover those things for Slate. |
| 1:08.7 | And I'm about to be joined by senior writer Mark Joseph Stern, |
| 1:12.8 | my ride or die person through all things, Opinion Paloosa. We're going to bring you this |
| 1:18.8 | emergency edition of amicus in the wake of a big and unbelievably surprising decision that came |
| 1:24.9 | down from the court Thursday morning to not further eviscerate |
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