AND THE EMMY GOES TO…SCOTUS! | Why The Supreme Court Was A Discussion Topic on The Red Carpet Last Night
September 23, 2019
WHY TALK TV, WHEN WE COULD TALK SCOTUS
|At last night’s Emmy awards, among the Fleabag honors and final goodbyes to GOT, one person decided to use the moment to put the spotlight on the Supreme Court. From the red carpet, LAVERNE COX decided to raise awareness about an upcoming SCOTUS case that will decide whether federal employment law that bans discrimination based on sex does the same based on transgender status. The actress said, “A lot of people aren’t talking about this case and it has implications for the LGBTQ community, but it has implications for women and anyone who doesn’t conform to someone else’s idea of like how you should be a man or a woman or both or neither.”
THE ONE WAY
|NPR’s Ari Shapiro spoke with Nina Totenberg about the most recent allegation of sexual misconduct involving JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH, which has raised questions about why the Supreme Court doesn’t have a code of ethical conduct. But Totenberg says linking Kavanaugh to concerns over SCOTUS not having its own ethics code is “just sort of silly.” She says, “The Constitution provides only one way to get rid of a Supreme Court justice, and that’s impeachment. And you’d have to have a lot more evidence than an allegation. It’s only happened once in history. In 1804, Justice Samuel Chase was impeached but not convicted. He remained on the court for another six years until his death.”
ALL GROWN UP
|Jessica Gresko with The Associated Press previews a case justices will hear this fall involving LEE BOYD MALVO who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team. She reports that although he’s at the center of the upcoming case, “The justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year-old Malvo, were sentenced to life without parole for murders they committed as teens.”
TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US
|Friday, JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH spoke at Brigham Young University where he refuted the notion that judges are just “like politicians with robes.” The justice also said he doesn’t recognize the Supreme Court that’s portrayed by the media. He spoke of times in which he and his colleagues have shared in personal moments with each other, such as celebrating birthdays and eating lunch together. Justice Gorsuch said, “That’s the Supreme Court I know.”