SCOTUS Enables Government Destruction
· 1 h 30 min
Episode SCOTUS Enables Government Destruction
Melissa and Kate run through the latest legal news, including the Court greenlighting the dismantling of the Department of Education. Then, they speak with NYU law professor Rachel Barkow about her book, Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration.
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• Kate: Legalistic Noncompliance, Leah Litman and Dan Deacon (University of Michigan); Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin (NYT); Bonus 167: The Case for Not Writing, Steve Vladeck (One First) • Melissa: Wedding People by Alison Espach; What Reading 5,000 Pages About a Single Family Taught Me About America, Carlos Lozada (NYT); The Kent Family Chronicles, John Jakes; Emily in Paris walking tour
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Links in the notes 11
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/justice-abandoned-how-the-supreme-court-ignored-the-constitution-and-enabled-mass-incarceration-rachel-elise-barkow/21754141
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5241936
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/emil-bove-trump-loyalty.html
- https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-167-the-case-for-not-writing
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wedding-people-alison-espach/20604185?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=gift_cards&utm_content=6443417794&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16243514117&gbraid=0AAAAACfld4092niMNVjlI1b94xZVodnMb&gclid=CjwKCAjwvuLDBhAOEiwAPtF0Vpt1PKpwcdoyD7-otq8PUsm8csOMKk_Xa7snfyhOfw8x5f8T4_AIQhoC-A8QAvD_BwE
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opinion/july4-john-jakes-america.html
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-kent-family-chronicles-volumes-one-through-three-the-bastard-the-rebels-and-the-seekers-john-jakes/v7FaTbxX2YaW76H5?ean=9781504045513&next=t
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