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If in fact your goal is to be just a neutral umpire and not involve the courts in the political

thicket, why why get involved in that case? Why write an opinion?

Hi and welcome back to amicus. This is Slate's podcast about the law and the courts and the rule

of law and the Supreme Court. And I hope that you and your loved ones are doing okay. And we thank

you for sharing a little bit of your stay at home time with us this week. So look not very long

ago, although it feels like it was a lifetime ago, we did a huge election meltdown series on voting

in the 2020 election and all the ways that that election might not be reflective of the national will

that it might not be free and fair. And all that happened before coronavirus hit. And we could not

go another show without discussing Wisconsin and mail in balloting, absentee balloting. And of course

now the US Supreme Court, which has inserted itself right into the heart of all these issues this

week. So this past week, the highest court in the land, which is not to be sure hearing oral

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