The Roberts Court’s Internal Reckoning
About this episode
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the current state of the Supreme Court amidst significant challenges and public scrutiny.
This Supreme Court term has seen threats against the Justices – from the President, a slew of game-changing shadow docket opinions, justices sparring in public, and some of the most consequential cases of our lifetimes. If you’re feeling a little disoriented by it all, join Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on this week’s show for a clearer understanding of what’s going on at One, First Street. They discuss the big immigration case the court took up just this week that will be crammed into the last week of arguments, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s courage at a public event, and what it means when a justice steps out of the four corners of her opinions to voice urgent concerns about the shadow docket in public, and why, when it comes to threats to judges, the Chief Justice is meekly asking Trump knock it off, while taking no responsibility for his court’s role in it all. Supplemental reading: The Constitutional Accountability Center on the history of mail-in ballots This week’s Executive Dysfunction newsletter from Slate’s jurisprudence team is a must-read: slate.com/dysfunction Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive…
More episodes of Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
- MAGA Media Law 101
- Trump Thwarted, Orban Toppled: The New Roadmap for Democrats
- Time to Impeach Trump Again?
- Was it Worth it, Pam?
- Preview: A Blowout for Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS
- Trump Has a Plan for the Midterms, SCOTUS May Help
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts podcast page.