Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman pore over recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the abortion pill mifepristone and the Trump administration's ban on gun bump stocks.
02:01—Supreme Court rulings on abortion pill and bump stocks
16:45—Secret recording of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
27:45—Weekly Listener Question
37:11—Hunter Biden's conviction
44:30—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"The Ignored Aesthetic Standing Argument In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman
"Justice Thomas Takes Aim at Associational Standing," by Jonathan H. Adler
"The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman
"In Defense of Roe," by Nick Gillespie
"Trump's Abortion Dilemma," by Jacob Sullum
"Supreme Court Upholds the Rule of Law by Rejecting the Trump Administration's Bump Stock Ban," by Jacob Sullum
"Justice Thomas Reverses President Trump's Executive Overreach in Cargill v. Garland," by Josh Blackman
"Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns," by Stephen Halbrook
"Justice Kavanaugh Denies Standing For Docs Against Glocks," by Josh Blackman
"Supreme Court OT2023 at the Middle of June," by Jonathan H. Adler
"Republicans Upset by Trump's Conviction Should Embrace Criminal Justice Reform," by Steven Greenhut
"The 'Bombshell' Secret Alito Recording Was Not a Bombshell," by Billy Binion
"Federally Funded Dad Jokes," by Eric Boehm
"House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft," by C.J. Ciaramella
"Dizzy Gillespie (No Relation) on World War II Service," by Nick Gillespie
"Best of Both Worlds: An Interview with Milton Friedman," by Brian Doherty
"Mandatory National Military Service Is a Bad Idea," by Joe Lancaster
"Hunter Biden's Gun Conviction Does Not Resolve a Constitutional Dispute That Pits Him Against His Father," by Jacob Sullum
"The Mainstream Media Is Still in Denial About Hunter Biden's Laptop," by Robby Soave
"Netflix's Fake Assassin Movie, Hit Man, Is So Enjoyable It's Almost Criminal," by Peter Suderman
"It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals," by C.J. Ciaramella
"WARNING: You Won't Like This New Label," by Liz Wolfe
"Where Culture Trumps Politics," by Nick Gillespie
"The Horrible Truth about Super-Science," by Dave Weigel
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on Broken Record with Rick Rubin
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not an abortion pill.
You should really stop saying "a listener" and use "the listener" instead.
Reason claims, without evidence, that some misfit somewhere in some parallel universe not only listens to their podcast but actually gives a shit what this cabal of ner do wells think about whatever obscure nonsense is floating between their misshapen ears. I suspect mis, dis, or mal going on here.
For ages "the listener" was obviously White Mike who may or may not be an ENB sock.
After I started listening to their Podcast "Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?" and then they all proceed to hedge this way and that way, I decided I had enough. If there is ONE issue they should have come out against 100%, it is the weaponization of the US legal system. Instead they came out tepidly, as though there was some merit to all these State Prosecutor trials against him.
The Alito recording has to be fake news. The commenters on this website have repeatedly said the social conservative Christian right is virtually powerless in this country.
They also claim Christian nationalism isn’t real.
What was wrong about the tape? He was asked his personal views, not his jurisprudence. Oh wait. Youre an MSNBC sycophant. Never mind.
I have no problem with what he said. I do find it funny though that commenters on here claim the Christian right is insignificant when that is patently false.
Humorously....
- The Christian Right (Republicans) wrote Roe v Wade.
- The Catholic Left (Democrats) created the Pro-Life movement.
Next..........
Define ‘Christian right’.
Social conservative Christians who make their religion a part of their political identity.
But you just said he didn't do that here. Lol.
God damn dumbass.
There’s a difference between expressing an opinion while being secretly recorded(or just in a private conversation) and using your faith in political or judicial decisions.
So what’s the difference between using religious beliefs like Christianity to inform your decisions vs religious beliefs like neopagan Fascism, or Wokianity, or Satanism or whatever the fuck you call what you believe in, KAR?
Or is that (D)ifferent?
People can use whatever their beliefs are to inform their political views or action.
I’m not aware of any politicians who practice “neopagan Fascism,” or satanism. I’m pretty sure “neopagan Fascism” is just one of your labels for people you disagree with. Those are such obscure beliefs that they have no influence. I don’t even know what “wokianity” is, but the only people I hear talking about “wokeness” are Social conservative Christians.
You always claim the religious right has little influence today, but they effectively control the Republicans down here in the states.
“neopagan Fascism” is just one of your labels for people you disagree with.
The climate-worshipping Gaia-cultists and crystal rubbing new-agers that form the modern progressive base are neopagan by any metric, and your party's devotion to corporatism and public-private partnerships are the very definition of classical fascist economics.
I can't think of a better description of you and your blue tribe.
And I would trust the judgment of a snake-handling Pentecostal or pink-suited miracle-oil selling televangelist over your creepy, evil ilk any day of the year.
You really need to get out of Prince George more often because you have a very inaccurate view of people you disagree with. It’s amazing how ignorant you are.
These “climate-worshipping Gaia-cultists and crystal rubbing new-agers that form the modern progressive base are neopagan” only exist in your imagination. It’s like when people portray all Trump voters as Nazis.
I would trust the judgment of an irreligious, socially progressive, college educated person over people that believe a guy died for 3 days and came back to life.
Funny all those "only exist in your imagination" ... "climate-worshipping Gaia-cultists" policies don't seem to just disappear.
Self-projection; It's all the leftards do day-in and day-out.
Sorry, I’m not aware of any legislation or policies that reference Gaia worship or crystal rubbing. However, I’m sure you will have no problem citing them for me.
And I guess you all are right that the religious right doesn’t have much influence. It’s not like we have the GOP presidential candidate selling bibles or anything.
Sorry. The massive majority of the Christian Right in the USA is against ‘Social’ism. I think you’re referring to the ‘Social’ist left and their “killing the planet!” religion and it’s [Na]tional So[zi]alist endless policies.
Well, since the Alito "blockbuster" was a nothing burger, you have to have something to rant about.
I can only say what is indisputable in my experience, namely that most people X calls "Christian Right" do NOT use that name for themselves. Anway, if one thing makes a Christian a Christian, it is that you can't serve 2 masters, and being CR is exactly that.
Meanwhile:
https://notthebee.com/article/senator-chuck-schumer-manned-a-backyard-grill-for-the-first-time-and-it-shows
They ordered out and set this up as a photo op. Schumer is a lying cunt, even when ‘barbecueing’.
"my daughter and her wife."
These people are stereotype's stereotypes.
It's his expertise on firearms that impresses me.
Why do you never mention the lying to the government aspect of Hunter Biden's law breaking?
That should also be a constitutional right, unless you happen to be under oath in a court of law.
That would be a bold argument to make on appeal.
Lying to the government should not be a crime until it is a crime for agents of the government to lie to citizens.
When is Reason going to allow us to upvote and downvote the content on their website and user comments? I thought Libertarians would be welcoming of opinions.
I just about laughed myself silly when Matt Welch asked if we needed "a complete and total shutdown of Norm Ornstein until we can find out what's going on."