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A podcast about how the Supreme Court got so supreme. New episode every Thursday. Hosted by @hooliwho .

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More Perfect is back! We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? Listen to our preamble & subscribe:
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This season of More Perfect begins with the case of a Native American man fired for taking peyote at a religious ceremony. 30+ years later, the case is still part of the thorny debate about when religious people get to sidestep the law. Listen:
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To many Americans, Clarence Thomas makes no sense. In this episode we dig into the staunch conservative’s Black nationalist roots, and talk to scholars & confidants in an attempt to answer: what does Clarence Thomas think Clarence Thomas is doing? Listen:
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We're revisiting one of the most important Supreme Court cases you’ve probably never heard of. A case so stressful that it pushed one justice to a nervous breakdown, brought a boiling feud to a head, and changed the course of the Supreme Court. Listen:
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Last term, the Supreme Court threw out the viability line — established in Roe — which was flawed from the start. Now, people are looking for a new standard in abortion law. So today we ask: if not viability, then what? Listen on @Spotify :
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Thanks for the shout-out @voguemagazine & @ChloeSchama ! " ... it’s the right journalism for the moment." 🔗 (+ we're in some great company with our colleagues at @onthemedia , @deathsexmoney & @Radiolab )
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When can a reporter be compelled to testify? Today, the story of a 1972 case in which the FBI tried to force a NYTimes reporter to testify against his own sources in the Black Panther Party. From @onthemedia correspondent @MicahLoewinger . Listen here:
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How do journalists cover an institution cloaked in secrecy? Host @hooliwho talks to journalists @Jo_Becker and @JustinElliott about their investigations into how Clarence Thomas' personal relationships intersect with his professional life. Listen here:
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In this preamble to the new season of More Perfect, host @hooliwho returns to high school, where she first fell in love with the Supreme Court. But a lot has changed since then, which is why this season, we’re questioning everything. Listen and subscribe:
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This week on More Perfect, how did Justice David Souter go from being seen as a home run for Republicans, to an outcast of the conservative legal movement? Listen here:
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More Perfect is listener-supported. YOU make the podcast possible, and that gives us editorial independence and reporting resources. Donate today and we'll send you your very own, very cool Pocket Constitution! Text "perfect" to 70101, or donate here:
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NPR's @asmamk talked with @hooliwho about how she became "a self-described Supreme Court nerd in high school," and about the first two episodes of our new season! (the second episode is out tomorrow) Listen here:
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Shadow dockets, term limits, amicus briefs — what puzzles you about the Supreme Court? What stories are you curious about? We want to answer your questions in our next season. Leave us a voice memo here:
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The viability line is entrenched in how we view abortion on a moral and legal level. But where did it come from? In this episode we discover how a clerk and a couple of judges turned a fuzzy medical concept into a hard legal line. Listen on @Spotify :
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This week on More Perfect: THE FUN CASE of the season, where the justices consider: Does the image on the right (a Warhol) TRANSFORM the image on the left (a photograph)?
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We're revisiting one of the most important Supreme Court cases you’ve probably never heard of. It's a redistricting case from the '60s that challenged the justices to consider what might happen if they stepped into the world of electoral politics. Listen:
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Shadow dockets, term limits, amicus briefs — what puzzles you about the Supreme Court? What stories are you curious about? We want to answer your questions in our next season. Leave us a voice memo here:
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Last week the Supreme Court upheld ICWA—a surprise decision that comes 10 years after the law was first questioned in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. Today we share the @newtimhoward @Radiolab episode that tells that story, with an update by @alisonaher :
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Emily is the best!!! We'll miss you @EmilyMadray ! ❤️
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Shoutout to all of the Macaulay students completing internships this summer 🙌 #NationalInternDay Katherine Grivkov at @CitiesCatalyst , Sarah Joyce Koch at District Office of New York State Senator @bradhoylman , and Emily Madray on the WNYC podcast @MorePerfect !
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This week on More Perfect, how does the Supreme Court interpret art? In the case, we have Andy Warhol, who claims he’s not making art. The photographer, who claims Warhol’s a copycat. And Supreme Court justices, who insist they are not art critics. Listen:
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More than 150 years later, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision. Listen here:
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How do journalists cover an institution cloaked in secrecy? Host @hooliwho talks to journalists @Jo_Becker and @JustinElliott about their investigations into how Clarence Thomas' personal relationships intersect with his professional life. Listen here:
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Thanks for the shout-out @mashable !!! 🔗
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Is law in the eye of the beholder? In our final episode of the season, the Supreme Court considers a case about copyright, art, Andy Warhol, and Prince. Listen here:
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We're revisiting the little-known case that changed the course of the Supreme Court forever. A case so stressful that it pushed one justice to a nervous breakdown, put another justice in the hospital & brought a boiling feud to a head. Listen on @Spotify :
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In the 1857 Dred Scott case, Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote what might be the most horrible decision the Court has ever made. More than 150 years later, descendants of the decision come together to figure out what reconciliation looks like. Listen here:
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From the moment Justice David Souter entered the public eye, he's been a puzzle to our highly partisan country. Listen to the story of how “No More Souters” became a rallying cry for conservatives and inspired a backlash that changed the Court forever:
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Some familiar More Perfect voices — @ElieNYC and @CoreyRobin — in the latest episode of Notes from America ( @noteswithkai ). Listen to "Clarence Thomas and his Hotep Supreme Court" here:
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NEW EPISODE ⚖️ Clarence Thomas and his #Hotep Supreme Court. Justice Thomas is a Black nationalist — but that doesn’t mean he loves all Black people. We unearth his ideological roots and what they mean for the Court’s looming opinions. Listen 🎧
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Where do our rights over our own bodies end and our duties to others begin? In 1902, a Massachusetts pastor named Henning Jacobson refused to be vaccinated against smallpox. His decision sparked a Supreme Court case that still reverberates today. Listen:
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The balancing act between individual liberty and public safety that we saw — and continue to see — during the COVID pandemic is as old as our country. This week: the origin story of the legal battles over vaccine mandates. Listen here:
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We're in some great company!
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Listen to find out what the justices decide — in an episode about art, transformation, and how the Court works.
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Where do our rights over our own bodies end and our duties to others begin? An answer lies in the story of a 1905 Supreme Court case about government-mandated vaccines. From #TheExperimentPodcast , we're sharing "The Original Anti-Vaxxer." Listen here:
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A Massachusetts pastor named Henning Jacobson refused to be vaccinated against smallpox in 1902. His decision sparked a Supreme Court case that still reverberates today. From #TheExperimentPodcast , we're sharing "The Original Anti-Vaxxer." Listen here:
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