This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Supreme Court decisions on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States and the administrative state in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo as well as the future of Joe Biden’s nomination to be re-elected president.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Supreme Court of the United States: Opinions of the Court – 2023, including Trump v. United States, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors, and SEC v. Jarkesy
Matt Gluck, Hyemin Han, and Katherine Pompilio for Lawfare: The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision
Perry Stein for The Washington Post: Justice Sotomayor dissent: ‘The President is now a king above the law’
Gary J. Schmitt and Joseph M. Bessette for the American Enterprise Institute: The Hamilton-Madison Split over Executive Power
Dan Pfeiffer for The Message Box: Why the Dem Panic over the Debate is Getting Worse
‘Will Rogers Today’: Will Rogers on Politics
Tim Miller for The Bulwark: Dear Dems: The Gaslighting Isn’t Helping Matters
Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies and Mark Walsh: Consider the wild gray squirrel, Kagan rebukes her colleagues as court overrules Chevron
Mark Sherman for AP: The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulators
How to Save a Country from The New Republic: The Administrative State Is Under Attack
Congressional Research Service: The Major Questions Doctrine
Eric Berger for Dorf on Law: Is Loper Bright a Big Deal? and Michael C. Dorf: Could Congress Reinstate Chevron?
Tierney Sneed, Jeanne Sahadi, Tami Luhby, Brian Fung, Ella Nilsen, Jen Christensen, and Katie Lobosco for CNN: How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy
Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: Paul Sabin of Yale University and City of New Haven: East Rock park
John: Dave McMenamin for ESPN: Lakers pick Bronny James in NBA draft; LeBron ‘emotional’
David: City Cast DC and Ross Andersen for The Atlantic: The Search for America’s Atlantis
Listener chatter from Jen in Denver, Colorado: Brandy Zadrozny and Jon Schuppe for NBC News: Who tried to steal Graceland?
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily talk about the joys of summer. See Merry Maids: 15 Fun Things to Make the Most of Summer 2024; NBC: Olympics Paris 2024; and epicurious: Summer. See also Produce bluebook: Nectarine Market Summary and Lemonada Media: Julia Gets Wise with Patti Smith.
In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Sierra Greer about her new book, Annie Bot: A Novel. And Gabfest Reads now has its own site!
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Podcast production by Cheyna Roth
Research by Julie Huygen
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