Oral Argument

Episode 22: Nine Brains in a Vat

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We talk about the Supreme Court with writer and reporter, Dahlia Lithwick. How should one report on the Court, at a time when analysis of opinions is expected within hours or even minutes? What is the role of the Court press: middle men, translators, or something else? And come to think of it, what’s the role of the Supreme Court? Oracles, politicians, teachers? Should judges give speeches like politicians do? Politics, policy, religion, guns. And, of course, speed traps.

This show’s links:

  • Dahlia Lithwick’s latest articles on Slate
  • Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (pdf) and wikipedia summary
  • Slate Plus
  • Derek Muller, The Five Law-Related Podcasts You Should Listen To
  • Jack Shafer, Serving up the Supreme Court Dough Before It’s Baked
  • Tom Goldstein, We’re Getting Wildly Different Assessments (a deep look into what went wrong with the reporting on the Obamacare decision)
  • RonNell Andersen Jones, U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Press Access
  • Jesse Wegman, (Supreme) Court TV and the Magically Disappearing Protest
  • Kenneth Vogel, Defiant Clarence Thomas Fires Back
  • Vikram Amar, Why Did Justice Scalia Decline to Participate in the "One Nation Under God" Case?
  • Jack Balkin, ”High” Politics and Judicial Decisionmaking
  • Justice Scalia’s memo on a recusal motion in Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Oral Argument Episode 6: Productive Thoughtlessness, in which we previously discussed Dahlia Lithwick
  • Pew Research Center, Political Polarization in the American Public
  • Eduardo Peñalver, Property as Entrance
  • Town of Greece v. Galloway
  • Dahlia Lithwick, You Don’t See What I See
  • Oral Argument Episode 8: Party All Over the World, for some of our discussion on speed traps
  • Waze app
  • Artist Aaron Fein
  • Statler and Waldorf:

    • Special Guest: Dahlia Lithwick.

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