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122: Dahlia Lithwick on the Awful SCOTUS Term

The Al Franken Podcast

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The Double Gaslighting of the Reconstruction Amendments

Daniel Lithwick: It's as if these guys and Connie Barrett just don't know our history. Justice Jackson's descent is like a masterclass on redlining and the GI Bill, he says. Lithwick: I think it's the double gaslighting of saying this is what Thurgood Marshall fought for. And maybe the other thing we're saying is that there's this carve out in Chief justice John Roberts' opinion where he says, we don't need affirmative action anywhere, but we still needed military academies.

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