Will the Supreme Court Betray the Constitution?

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Superstar SCOTUS expert Kate Shaw joins Harry to talk in broad strokes about the Supreme Court's performance during the first year of Trump 2.0 and about the pivotal cases on the horizon. Kate considers the Court’s rejection of parts of Trump’s agenda, and why that’s cold comfort given their subservience when it counts most. They dig into the breakdown and fault lines of the nine justices. Finally, they consider recent radical critiques that the Court needs to be torn down and replaced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.4	Welcome to Talking Fed's one-on-one, deep-dive discussions with national figures about the most fascinating and consequential
1:13.7	issues defining our culture and shaping our lives. I'm your host, Harry Littman. We're at the
1:21.3	halfway point, and the calendar, if not decisions, and the Supreme Court term, and a year into Trump 2.0, which makes it a very
1:30.3	fitting time to take account of where the court is and, more importantly, where it may be
1:36.1	going in response to further strains on the system that are certain to come from the Trump
1:42.7	administration. And I'm here with the ideal person to discuss the court, also a great friend of talking feds.
1:51.2	Professor Kate Shaw is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, also this year a fellow in
1:57.6	residence at Princeton, where we tape.
1:59.8	She previously worked in the White House
2:01.8	Counsel's Office during the Obama administration and court for Justice John Paul Stevens.
2:07.6	She's a co-host of the Gold Standard Supreme Court podcast, Strict Scruity, and a contributing
2:13.8	opinion writer for the New York Times. Thanks so much for joining us.
2:17.0	Always good to talk to you, Harry. I want to talk in more broad strokes because of the
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