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The Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis

10/22/2021 • 28 min

Since the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket" decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect, a growing chorus of politicians and legal experts have questioned the court’s legitimacy. Vox's Ian Millhiser says the justices aren’t taking the criticism well. Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engine… Play episode

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Iran’s hostage industrial complex
How the iPhone changed everything
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Covid little pill
Why body cameras don’t work
The Fyre Festival of vaccine rollouts
A vaccine for malaria
Drill, baby, drill
The Facebook whistleblower
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The humanitarian crisis at Rikers Island
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The disappearance of Gabby Petito
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Another bite at the Apple
Biden’s second shot
The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein
The Jessica simulation
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The four-day workweek
The Texas abortion law
After the Afghan evacuation
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ISIS-K
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Fleeing Afghanistan
Booster shots
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How to forgive
Taliban 2.0
Who counts as white on the census?
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How the Taliban took back Afghanistan
Delta in the Delta
The allies left behind
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An MVP for the world
The fight to ban evictions
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