#1636 The Supreme Court Is In Bad Shape. Like, Really Bad. And SCOTUS Is Going To Take Us All Down With Them

Air Date: 6-14-2024

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We're in the middle of Supreme Court opinion season, which is not going well for non-extreme conservatives in the country, at the same time as scandal, corruption, and justices Thomas and Alito's refusal to recuse in the face of clear bias are reaching a modern peak.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Opinionpalooza A Bad June Rising At SCOTUS Part 1 - Amicus With Dhalia Lithwick - Air Date 5-25-24

KP 2: How The Mifepristone Case Reached SCOTUS - Amicus with Dhalia Lithcwick - Air Date 3-23-24

KP 3: Way Too Close Insane SCOTUS Case Could've Sunk The Country w Mark Joseph Stern - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-26-24

KP 4: Fact-Checking the Supreme Court - 99% Invisible - Air Date 6-4-24

KP 5: Opinionpalooza A Bad June Rising At SCOTUS Part 2 - Amicus With Dhalia Lithwick - Air Date 5-25-24

KP 6: The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming - Amicus With Dahlia Litchwick - Air Date 3-2-24

KP 7: SCOTUS Flag Neighbor Exposes Alito’s BS Story- The Majority Report - Air Date 6-7-24

KP 8: Delegitimize The Court - Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal - Air Date 8-22-23


(1:03:35) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On some of Alito's finer absurdity

Articles:

Alito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethical

The Republican Party's man inside the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering


DEEPER DIVES

(1:14:19) SECTION A: DO FACTS MATTER?

A1: Who Gets to Lie Online - Amicus with Dhalia Lithwick - Air Date 3-16-24

A2: Fact-Checking the Supreme Court Part 2 - 99% Invisible - Air Date 6-4-24

A3: Who Gets to Lie Online Part 2 - Amicus with Dhalia Lithwick - Air Date 3-16-24

A4: Fact-Checking the Supreme Court Part 3 - 99% Invisible - Air Date 6-4-24


(1:45:47) SECTION B: POLICING MEDICAL CARE

B1: Will SCOTUS Slam the Door Shut on Pregnant ER Patients - BOOM! Lawyered - Air Date 4-24-24

B2: Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore Part 2 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 4-12-24

B3: The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming Part 2 - Amicus With Dahlia Litchwick - Air Date 3-2-24

B4: Will SCOTUS Slam the Door Shut on Pregnant ER Patients Part 2 - BOOM! Lawyered - Air Date 4-24-24


(2:15:48) SECTION C: THE REPUBLICAN COURT WE’VE ALL WAITED FOR

C1: Way Too Close Insane SCOTUS Case Could've Sunk The Country w Mark Joseph Stern Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-26-24

C2: Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore Part 3 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 4-12-24

C3: Way Too Close Insane SCOTUS Case Could've Sunk The Country w Mark Joseph Stern Part 3 - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-26-24

C4: Will These SCOTUS Justices End American Democracy - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 5-31-24


(2:42:24) SECTION D: SCOTUS IS A FLAWED SYSTEM

D1: Delegitimize The Court Part 2 - Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal - Air Date 8-22-23

D2: Way Too Close Insane SCOTUS Case Could've Sunk The Country w Mark Joseph Stern Part 4 - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-26-24

D3: Delegitimize The Court Part 3 - Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal - Air Date 8-22-23


MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

SHOW IMAGE: 

Description: Photo of the U.S. Supreme Court building with an ominous red filter. An image of golden, uneven scales of justice sits on top.

Credit: Composite design by A. Hoffman. / Photo: “The Supreme Court” by Glenn Beltz, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Overlaid with red and imagery as part of composite. / Illustration: “Uneven scales of justice via TheDigitalArtist, Pixabay.

 

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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