Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Harry speaks with Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court expert Steve Vladeck about the seeds of a fundamental crisis in American political life. The Supreme Court rebuffed Trump at least some in his first term. But now Trump is a lame duck and a lawless cynic, and it’s not hard to envision as ignoring even a mandate from the Supreme Court. Moreover, in part because of their bad steps in the last several years, including the Dobbs opinion, the court is at a low ebb of respect and credibility in the country, which is ultimately the capital it must call on to enforce its decisions. Harry and Steve also discuss the constitutional gambit. Trump is suggesting for recess appointments. If the Senate won’t cooperate, they can drive in lot of thinks is unlikely to succeed. Finally, the two talk about the embarrassing and non-judicious personal attack on Steve launched by Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones at a recent conference of the Federalist Society. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Welcome to Talking Fed's one-on-One, Deep Dive Discussions with National Figures about the most fascinating and consequential issues defining our culture and shaping our lives. I'm your host, Harry Littman.
0:53.2	Welcome to another Talking Feds one-on-one.
0:56.7	The federal government has what's known as the Solicitor General, the person who not only
1:02.2	handles all the litigation in the Supreme Court, but oversees what's happening in the
1:06.8	Court of Appeals to see what could be funneling up and what are outlined cases, what
1:12.8	needs to happen. The Commentariat, I'm happy to say, also has its own shadow, I could say,
1:20.3	S.G. That would be Steve Vladek, who has recently moved to Georgetown from Texas and is really the expert on all things
1:29.0	Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals, including in his substack called One First after the
1:35.7	Supreme Court address, which I subscribe to, and I recommend that you do as well.
1:41.0	Anyway, he's with us today to talk about a couple things that are hot in the news.
1:47.0	Steve, thanks very much for being here.
1:48.9	Thanks for having me, Harry. Great to see you.
1:50.5	How are you finding DC, which I hear is a little cold right now relative to Austin, Texas.
1:56.6	How's the move been treating you and your wife and your kid?
1:59.8	Good. It's nice to be bad. I mean, this is my third stint and your kid? It's nice to be bad.
2:01.4	This is my third stint in D.C., so it's nice to be back home.
2:05.2	But, you know, moving, I would never recommend moving across country with little kids.
2:08.8	But as those things go, this one went pretty smoothly, so I can't complain.
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