This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the extremely consequential new Supreme Court term beginning this week, the facts on the ground and the legal questions at play behind Trump’s escalating deployments of troops to US cities, and the likely legal defeat of state bans on conversion therapy.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern for Amicus (Slate Podcast): This Will Be Trump’s Best Term at the Supreme Court Yet (audio episode, 1:03:30)[1]
Melissa Quinn for CBS News: Supreme Court kicks off new term with social issues and Trump policies to be reviewed[2]
Emily Bazelon for The New York Times Magazine: ‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency[3]
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal (Opinion): The Triumph of the Roberts Court[4]
Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and Aruna Viswanatha for The Wall Street Journal: Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots[5]
Kaelan Deese for Washington Examiner: Trump sees momentum in legal fights over National Guard deployments[6]
Zusha Elinson for The Wall Street Journal: What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports[7]
Emily Schmall, Andrea Shalal, and Joseph Ax for Reuters: Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities[8]
Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee for The Hill: Legal battle lines drawn over Trump’s National Guard fight[9]
Myah Ward for Politico: Why Trump hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act yet[10]
Stephen I. Vladeck for The New York Times (Opinion: Guest Essay): No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants[11]
Jack Goldsmith for Executive Functions (Substack): President Trump Holds the Legal Cards on the Use of the Military in the Domestic Sphere[12]
Konrad Putzier for The Wall Street Journal: The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There[13]
Justin Jouvenal for The Washington Post: Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy[14]
Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: Majority of court appears skeptical of Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban[15]
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate: With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term[16]
Ian Millhiser for Vox: The Supreme Court fights over whether medical expertise actually exists[17]
Chris Geidner for LAWdork (Substack): Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado’s conversion therapy ban[18]
Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: Thomas Breen for New Haven Independent: Firefighters Rescue Dogs From East Rock Cliff[19]
John: The One Show on BBC: Brian Cox on the interstellar comet whizzing through our solar system (video: 1:14); NASA Science: Comet 3I/ATLAS[20][21]
David: City Cast Portland; City Cast Chicago; Task on HBO; David Bianculli for NPR (Fresh Air): ’Task’ is a new, compelling crime drama from the creator of ‘Mare of Easttown’[22][23][24][25]
Listener chatter from Ben Scott in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Damian Thompson for The World of Interiors: Bound for Glory[26]
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the Treasury Department’s unironic plans to release a $1 coin featuring the current president to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from monarchy.
In the latest Gabfest Reads[27], Emily talks with author and Yale professor Judith Resnik[28] about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy[29]. They discuss the history of the prison system’s use of punishments like whipping, how the practice came to an end, and more.
Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Nina Porzucki
Research by Emily Ditto
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References
- ^ This Will Be Trump’s Best Term at the Supreme Court Yet (audio episode, 1:03:30) (slate.com)
- ^ Supreme Court kicks off new term with social issues and Trump policies to be reviewed (www.cbsnews.com)
- ^ ‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency (www.nytimes.com)
- ^ The Triumph of the Roberts Court (www.wsj.com)
- ^ Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots (www.wsj.com)
- ^ Trump sees momentum in legal fights over National Guard deployments (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
- ^ What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports (www.wsj.com)
- ^ Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities (www.reuters.com)
- ^ Legal battle lines drawn over Trump’s National Guard fight (thehill.com)
- ^ Why Trump hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act yet (www.politico.com)
- ^ No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants (www.nytimes.com)
- ^ President Trump Holds the Legal Cards on the Use of the Military in the Domestic Sphere (www.execfunctions.org)
- ^ The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There (www.wsj.com)
- ^ Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy (www.washingtonpost.com)
- ^ Majority of court appears skeptical of Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban (www.scotusblog.com)
- ^ With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term (slate.com)
- ^ The Supreme Court fights over whether medical expertise actually exists (www.vox.com)
- ^ Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado’s conversion therapy ban (www.lawdork.com)
- ^ Firefighters Rescue Dogs From East Rock Cliff (www.newhavenindependent.org)
- ^ Brian Cox on the interstellar comet whizzing through our solar system (www.bbc.com)
- ^ Comet 3I/ATLAS (science.nasa.gov)
- ^ City Cast Portland (portland.citycast.fm)
- ^ City Cast Chicago (chicago.citycast.fm)
- ^ Task (www.hbomax.com)
- ^ ’Task’ is a new, compelling crime drama from the creator of ‘Mare of Easttown’ (www.npr.org)
- ^ Bound for Glory (www.worldofinteriors.com)
- ^ Gabfest Reads (slate.com)
- ^ Judith Resnik (law.yale.edu)
- ^ Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy (press.uchicago.edu)
- ^ show pages here (slate.com)
- ^ Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com)
- ^ Spotify (open.spotify.com)
- ^ slate.com/gabfestplus (slate.com)