Democratic-Liberal Norms Under Fire: Abortion Rights in the United States
About this episode
This episode discusses the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights and its implications for liberal-democratic norms.
Guest: Janne Mende (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) This episode delves into the US Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, a ruling that sparked intense national protest and division. Janne Mende and Christopher Murphy analyse the decision, connecting it to the concept of norm decoupling, which describes the increasing separation of liberal-democratic norms from their traditional interpretations and applications. The discussion then turns to whether the handling of abortion rights in the US is indicative of a more general backsliding of liberal-democratic norms.
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Host: Christopher Murphy
Guest: Janne Mende
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Organizations: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Places: United States
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