Checks and Balance: Courting controversy - a podcast by The Economist

The Supreme Court looks poised to place dramaticlimits on abortion rights. Liberals worry this signals a conservative takeover of the nation’s laws, but the justices deny that they are politicians in robes. How is the Supreme Courtreshaping America?

The Economist’s Steve Mazie explains what another case on the docket reveals about the court’s conservative wing. We go back to a surprising ruling on gay rights. And former Trump official Sarah Isgur tells us what the right thinks of the court.

Jon Fasman presents with Charlotte Howard. 

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