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Jun 2014
26m 57s

Should Ruth Bader Ginsburg Just Quit Alr...

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With many well-respected liberal thinkers pressuring Ruth Bader Ginsburg to step down while a Democrat's in the White House, what might be going through her mind? Today on The Gist, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick discusses the latest news from the high court. Then, with ISIS on the march in Iraq, the American Interest editor Adam Garfinkle shares historical and con ... Show More
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