'BradCast' 12/8/2022 (Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on 'Moore v. Harper' and same-sex marriage law)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 WNBA star Brittney Griner is headed back to the U.S. after being released by Russia in a prisoner swap for a notorious Russian arms dealer. The brother of Paul Whelan, an American still imprisoned by Russia, praised the Biden Administration for making 'the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn't going to happen.' The U.S. House passed the Respect for Marriage Act to preserve marriage equality rights for same-sex and inter-racial couples, with 169 Republicans voting against it. Slate legal journalist and SCOTUS expert MARK JOSEPH STERN explains the specifics of the new bill now headed to President Biden's desk, and why he believes critics are wrong about the landmark federal statute. Stern also delves into the wildly dangerous case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week, 'Moore v. Harper,' focused on Republicans' radical, fringe so-called 'independent state legislature' theory, that would dismantle free and fair elections in the United States by granting gerrymandered state legislatures absolute, unreviewable power to control federal elections, unconstrained by state constitutions. Stern also explains the 'stupid' case of an anti-gay rights website designer, who preemptively sued for the right to discriminate despite never being asked to design a wedding website for anyone, gay or straight. CNN reports that the Justice Department has asked a court to hold Donald Trump in contempt for failing to turn over all of the classified records he stole from the White House. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"