The Court Astonishes - Special Guest Ed Whelan

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 4:26 a.m.

b'Amarica\\u2019s Constitution is 50 - 50 episodes, that is.\\xa0 The Supreme Court isn\\u2019t done with abortion yet, as it marks our \\u201csilver episode\\u201d unveiling with a pair of rulings on the Texas abortion law, SB8.\\xa0 The rulings themselves may not be long remembered, but the opinions contained sentences that shocked Professor Amar.\\xa0 In a happy coincidence, the Friday rulings coincided with a Friday taping, and we happened to have a special guest - Ed Whelan, creator of the well-known \\u201cBench Memos\\u201d legal blog and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.\\xa0 We dissect the very revealing statements by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Sotomayor, and others, on an eventful day.'