On the Rightward Lurch of the US Supreme Court and the Threat to Our Rights – Summer Stinson, Economic Opportunity Institute – #168

Nerd Farmer Podcast

Over the month of June, the US Supreme Court released a series of rulings that upended established precedent (accepted legal patterns) in American society. They weakened the first amendment’s establishment clause, the fifth amendment’s Miranda protections, the ability of states to regulate gun ownership, the EPA’s ability to issue regulations regarding climate change, and most notably gave states the green light to ban all abortions within their borders.

Other rights appear on the chopping block with the court’s belligerent 6-3 DGAF Conservative majority and their peculiar reading of the US Constitution.

So we put up the Bat-Signal and were able to connect with legal nerd and policy activist Summer Stinson. Summer has a JD from the University of Oregon, was a law clerk on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and currently leads the Economic Opportunity Institute.

She appears today on the show in a personal capacity.

Cast of Characters

• Summer Stinson – Twitter

Going Further

• The courts as an instrument of American decline – Don Moynihan, referenced in the show intro
• Economic Opportunity Institute – Summer’s Main Gig
• Washington Paramount Duty – Summer’s Side Project
• The Supreme Court Went Off the Rails Long Before Dobbs – Ezra Klein Show

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