A Supreme Court Odyssey
David French and Sarah Isgur | Jul 20, 2020 | 15 | 18 |
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The 2019-2020 Supreme Court term was quite the spectacle: the court canceled its March and April argument sessions, held oral arguments by telephone for the first time in May, and stretched its opinion announcements into July for the first time in many years. The term was packed with several blockbuster cases and ended with an announcement from Justice Ginsburg about a pancreatic cancer recurrence. And in the haze of it all, many Americans are still puzzled by some of the rulings. Our podcast hosts are here to help.
Has the conservative legal movement failed? Will disputes over mail-in ballot counting turn November into a Bush vs. Gore 2.0? And the million-dollar question: What’s up with Chief Justice John Roberts? On today’s episode, David and Sarah are joined by SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe to field some questions about recent cases and tie a bow on what became a rather unprecedented year for the justices. Tune in for an exclusive look into the origins of SCOTUS Blog and some punditry on the cases that are on the docket for next term.
Before founding SCOTUSblog, Amy Howe argued two cases before the Supreme Court and served as counsel for two dozen merit cases there. She has taught Supreme Court litigation at both Stanford Law and Harvard Law and served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School and American University’s Washington College of Law.
Show Notes:
-Amy Howe and Lyell Denniston’s review of the term on the SCOTUStalk podcast.
-Travel ban case, census case, DACA case, Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance. Little Sisters of the Poor, Montana school case, CFPB case, robocall case, June Medical Services, Whole Woman's Health, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Guadalupe, McGirt v. Oklahoma, and Josh Hawley’s speech on the Bostock decision.
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Congratulations, David and Sarah, for landing Amy Howe of SCOTUSBlog! During this last session I've read her reporting regularly.
As for my pick for music to listen to while fleeing the Yellowstone Supervolcano, it has to be the one that has gotten me through the pandemic this far: "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by R.E.M.
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My two picks for music to listen to while driving away from an exploding supervolcano:
1. "Flirting with Disaster" by Molly Hatchet — I feel many will agree with this one
2. "Arbiters of the Apocalypse" by Revocation — I expect most Dispatch listeners to by frightened and offended by this one (or at least questioning of my musical tastes), but it is both lyrically and musically appropriate for a hypothetical situation in which the air is literally (in the literal sense) ON FIRE
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