Ep 146 — The Conservative Justices Seize Power

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The Supreme Court's last day of the term was an exercise of raw power. The six conservative justices gave lower courts the back of their hand, making clear that they — and only they! — will decide the law. Nationwide injunctions are out, and so is stare decisis. Andrew and Liz will break down the power grab, along with Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which the howler monkey wing allowed religious parents to opt their kids out of the "religious coercion" of reading books about gay people.

Links:

Kennedy v. Braidwood Management.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-316_869d.pdf

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

Mahmoud v Taylor

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf

Trump v. CASA

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

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The Supreme Court's last day of the term was an exercise of raw power. The six conservative justices gave lower courts the back of their hand, making clear that they — and only they! — will decide the law. Nationwide injunctions are out, and so is stare decisis. Andrew and Liz will break down the power grab, along with Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which the howler monkey wing allowed religious parents to opt their kids out of the "religious coercion" of reading books about gay people.

Links:

Kennedy v. Braidwood Management.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-316_869d.pdf

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

Mahmoud v Taylor

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf

Trump v. CASA

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

Show Links:

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/

BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod

Threads: @LawAndChaosPod

Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2025-07-01 58 min
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