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“Since the demise of First Mondays, I have been looking for a Supreme Court podcast that dives in and analyzes the issues, arguments, and tea leaves in the relatively unbiased way that FM did. When I saw this show, and that Leah was a part of it, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, those initial hopes, and the lack of any good options, are all that keep me coming back to listen to more episodes (maybe this time they will really dig in and give all of the arguments respectful summaries; nope, I was wrong again).
The hosts are smart, knowledgeable, and witty, and are definitely capable of creating an entertaining show that is still informative and balanced. They have simply chosen not to. It reminds me a lot of the decline of Dahlia Littwick’s Amicus podcast a couple of years ago; that show started out with some semblance of balance, but during the Trump era has devolved into partisan rants about whatever issues happen to be at the Court at the time. Similarly, this show consists almost entirely of either celebration when a case comes out “the right way” in the hosts’ minds (usually tinged with some paranoid commentary about how terrible it will actually turn out to be in the future) or ranting about how no educated person could possibly agree with the “wrong” outcome of a particular case.
I may keep listening for a while longer, mainly for a few nuggets of insightful and witty banter, but also in the (possibly vain) hope that the hosts will listen to some of the feedback in these reviews.
In the meantime, you may want to take a look at the Advisory Opinions podcast right now, which has had some good analysis of recent big cases (though Supreme Court analysis isn’t the consistent focus of the show).”
HLSTrojan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/30/20
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