The Briefing 06-24-15

Podcast Transcript

1) Supreme Court’s leftward trend under Roberts shaped by kinds of questions Court faces

The Roberts Court’s Surprising Move Leftward, New York Times (Alicia Parlapiano, Adam Liptak and Jeremy Bowers)

2) Kennedy’s gay marriage rulings result of long-term concern for the ‘right side of history’

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Tolerance Is Seen in His Sacramento Roots, New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stolberg)

Predicting Justice Kennedy, Weekly Standard (Robert F. Nagel)

3) Legacy of Allen Weinstein reminder the truth will out eventually

Allen Weinstein, Historian of Alger Hiss Case, Dies at 77, New York Times (William Grimes)