SCOTUS’ Game of Chicken with Trump (with Dahlia Lithwick)
September 16, 2025
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September 16, 2025
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Summary
How is the Supreme Court emboldening President Trump's continuing expansion of power? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Joyce Vance discusses the “appeasement theory” with Dahlia Lithwick, the Slate senior editor and host of the Amicus podcast.
In the full episode, Joyce and Dahlia break down which cases to look out for in the Court’s upcoming term, how politics and culture wars are factoring into the Court’s decisions, and the dynamics between the nine justices.
Preet will be back next week.
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