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Nov 2023
26m 40s

Captured Cases

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
About this episode

Step 1: Select the right justices for your cause. 

Step 2: Select the right cases for those justices. 

 

This podcast has unpacked the right-wing scheme to capture and control our nation’s highest court, but the justices sitting on the bench aren’t the only ones who have been carefully selected — the cases have been too. 

In this episode of Making the Case, Senator Whitehouse is joined by retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner to discuss the changes in the behavior of Supreme Court justices in recent years, Judge Gertner’s work on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, and ongoing Court reform efforts.


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