In This Episode
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retires, Trump and McConnell look to fill the seat before the midterms, and Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins a major upset in the New York primary. Then Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joins Jon and Dan to talk about the Supreme Court fight and her recent trip to a detention center on the border.
Show Notes:
SCOTUS nightmare:
- New York Times: The Supreme Court’s Biggest Decisions in 2018
- Washington Post: Supreme Court rules against public unions collecting fees from nonmembers
- New York Times: Supreme Court Ruling Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions
- New York Times: What the Janus Decision Means for Teacher Unions
- New York Times: Labor Unions Will Be Smaller After Supreme Court Decision, but Maybe Not Weaker
- New York Times: With Janus, the Court Deals Unions a Crushing Blow. Now What?
- Vox: The Supreme Court decision gutting public sector unions, explained
- Washington Post: ‘Preparing for the worst’: Unions brace for loss of members and fees in wake of Supreme Court ruling
- The Atlantic: Is This the End of Public-Sector Unions in America?
- New Yorker: As Kennedy Retires, the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Unions Is a Sign of Things to Come
- Washington Post: Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban
- New York Times: Trump’s Travel Ban Is Upheld by Supreme Court
- New York Times: Trump Travel Ban: How It Affects the Countries
- Washington Post: The Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling could have big implications for Trump’s Twitter account
- Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court rules for faith-based pregnancy centers, blocks California disclosure law
- Washington Post: Supreme Court says crisis pregnancy centers
- Slate: Supreme Court Rules That California Can’t Make Crisis Pregnancy Centers Reveal What They Are
- Reuters: Supreme Court favors Republicans in gerrymandering cases
- New York Times: Supreme Court Won’t Hear North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case
- Salon: Supreme Court makes it quite clear it won’t lift a finger to stop ruthless gerrymandering
- Vox: Supreme Court splits 5-4 on Texas racial gerrymandering case
- Vox: Supreme Court’s conservative justices uphold Ohio’s voter purge system
- The Atlantic: The Supreme Court Blesses Voter Purges
- New York Times: Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls
- New York Times: In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
- USA Today: First cake, now flowers: Supreme Court gives florist who refused to serve gay wedding a new hearing
- Vox: The Supreme Court’s indefensible double standard in the travel-ban case and Masterpiece Cakeshop
- CNN: Does the Supreme Court have a double standard on religion?
- New York Times: Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions
- Huffington Post: The Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers
- The Atlantic: How the Supreme Court Could Reshape Employment Law
Kennedy Retires:
- New York Times: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire
- Washington Post: Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces retirement
- Wall Street Journal: Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement From Supreme Court
- Politico: Anthony Kennedy retiring, giving Trump opening to reshape Supreme Court
- Axios: What Kennedy’s retirement means
- SCOTUSBlog.com: Anthony Kennedy, swing justice, announces retirement
- New York Times: The Front-Runners and Full List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
- WhiteHouse.gov: President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List
How bad is this? What’s at stake?:
- Vox: America after Anthony Kennedy
- The Atlantic: What Kennedy’s Absence Means for Civil Rights
- Vox: Anthony Kennedy’s retirement puts abortion rights at risk
- New York Magazine: The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule
- The Atlantic: Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Reshape the Environment
- New York Times: We’re About to Find Out How Bad It Will Get Without Justice Kennedy
McConnell’s statement:
- New York Times: McConnell Promises Fall Vote to Confirm Next Supreme Court Justice
- Vox: Mitch McConnell’s politics of shamelessness have won
- Washington Post: This is the week Mitch McConnell was waiting for
Democratic reaction:
- CNBC: Key Democrats urge McConnell to wait until after midterms to confirm a Supreme Court justice, citing his blockage of Merrick Garland
- Vox: Democrats sat out the 2014 midterms and lost the Supreme Court for a generation
- Politico: Kennedy retirement jolts 2018 Senate races
- Washington Post: Control of the Senate just became that much more important. Here is where things stand
- Politico: The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him
Elections:
- New York Times: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset
- Politico: Top Democrat Crowley loses in shocker
- Washington Post: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrat who challenged her party’s establishment — and won
- Washington Post: Joe Crowley got Eric Cantor-ed. What does it mean for Democrats?
- New Yorker: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Legacy of the Bernie Sanders Movement
- The Intercept: An Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Young Democratic Socialist Who Just Shocked The Establishment
- Washington Post: Winners and losers: Joe Crowley and the Democratic Party are the big losers in Tuesday’s primaries
What lessons can Dems learn here?:
- Washington Post: Democratic leaders’ response to Joe Crowley’s loss: One giant shrug
- Washington Post: Crowley’s loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders
Notable primaries around the country:
- New York Times: Ben Jealous ‘Just Climbed K2’ in Maryland Governor’s Race. Next Is Everest.
- Vox: Jared Polis could become America’s first openly gay elected governor
- Denver Post: Jared Polis, Walker Stapleton face off in a Colorado governor’s race that became testy from the start
- FiveThirtyEight: A Big Upset, Trump’s Endorsement And More From The June 26 Primaries
Catherine Cortez Masto:
- Catherine Cortez Masto, United States Senator for Nevada: Cortez Masto: President Trump Is Fully Responsible for the Chaos and Trauma I Witnessed at the Southern Border
- NBC News 3: Cortez Masto, Rosen visit Texas border to see ‘zero-tolerance’ first hand
- Reno Gazette-Journal: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto went to a detention facility for kids in Texas, got turned away
- Marie Claire: Separating Families at the Border Is Just One Way Trump is Trying to Tear Apart Immigrant Families
- AP News: Sen. Cortez Masto: Trump’s new immigration [policies] stand no better
- ABC News: Trump using kids as ‘bargaining chips’: Sen. Cortez Masto on Powerhouse Politics
- NPR: Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto On How She Would Improve The Immigration System
- Catherine Cortez Masto, United States Senator for Nevada: Cortez Masto: Decision on Women’s Health A Vicious & Ignorant Attack on American Women
- The Hill: Supreme Court ruling may pave way for more faith-based pregnancy centers
- Guttmacher Institute: States Facts About Abortion: Nevada
- New York Times: Trump’s New Judicial Litmus Test: Shrinking ‘the Administrative State’
- Los Angeles Times: Trump appointing judges at rapid pace
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Heller, Cortez Masto split on Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court
- CNBC: Trump: I’ll appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion case
