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Podcast: Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
Episode: The Case Against the Case Against Confirmation
Description: More than two weeks have passed since President Obama tapped Merrick Garland to fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court. But while their rationale has shifted somewhat, Senate Republican leaders remain as firm as ever in their refusal to hold confirmation hearings for the nominee. On this week’s episode, University of Chicago Law School professor Geoffrey R. Stone joins us to explain why the GOP’s intransigence is so threatening to the core institutions of federal government.You can listen to past episodes of Amicus here. Transcripts of Amicus are available to Slate Plus members...