With the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a seat on the nation’s highest court stands empty. Locked in political stalemate with President Obama, Senate Republicans are refusing to appoint a new justice until the 2016 elections end.
Keli Goff and her guests explore how the Court figures in this election, whether the justices are more ideologically split than ever before, and what could be done to make our highest court more transparent, accountable and diverse in the future.
Guests include:
- Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Elie Mystal, legal editor of More Perfect, Radiolab's new podcast exploring the Supreme Court, and editor of AboveTheLaw.com
- Linda Hirshman, lawyer and author of Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.
- Ari Melber, MSNBC's chief legal correspondent
Watch video of the conversation, recorded live at The Greene Space at WNYC in New York: