Checks and Balance: Courting controversy

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Checks and Balance: Courting controversy
• Website: The Economist Podcasts
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• Duration: 00:42:11
• Published: 2021-12-03 17:30

The Supreme Court looks poised to place dramatic limits on abortion rights. Liberals worry this signals a conservative takeover of the nation’s laws, but the justices deny that they are politicians in robes. How is the Supreme Court reshaping America?

The Economist’s Steve Mazie explains what another case on the docket reveals about the court’s conservative wing. We go back to a surprising ruling on gay rights. And former Trump official Sarah Isgur tells us what the right thinks of the court.

Jon Fasman presents with Charlotte Howard. 

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