Chief Justice John Roberts House managers and the President's counsel early Wednesday for using language beneath the dignity of the world's "greatest deliberative body." This, after Senator Susan Collins she felt went against Senate rules of decorum.
Speaking of decorum, and while House managers made their case for impeachment. Enough of this !
This week, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick says we're in a in our political conduct; law professor Lara Bazelon implores House managers to (senators in with the White House won't listen); and Washington Post correspondent Philip Bump brings us the "."
Also this hour: the fourth edition of Factoids with Chion Wolf.
Please note: The podcast version of this week's episode is fully 66 seconds longer than the radio version, and every one of those 66 seconds is filled with more of The Jay Sekulow Band (which, you'll find, is a real thing). You are welcome.
GUESTS:
- - The Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale and the author of 19 books
- - Professor of law at the University of San Francisco School of Law, contributor to Slate and Politico Magazine, and the author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction
- - A correspondent for The Washington Post
- Rebecca Castellani - A music writer for the Red Hook Star Revue
- - Writes about the courts and the law for Slate; host of the podcast Amicus
- Chion Wolf - A producer, photographer, and announcer at 黑料吃瓜网 Radio
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