Name: Amicus
Start: 2025-05-30T10:00:00-0400
End: 2025-05-30T11:00:00-0400

Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

LIVE PODCAST TAPING
In this live taping of Amicus, co-host Mark Joseph Stern is joined by legal scholar Jed Handelsman Shugerman to unpack the escalating power struggle between the Supreme Court and Donald Trump. Much of the legal and political chaos of 2025 can be traced back to Chief Justice Roberts’ sweeping 2024 immunity ruling, a decision that expanded presidential power, limited accountability, and set the stage for everything we’re watching unfold now. With major SCOTUS opinions coming down this June, the question is: Will the justices push back against Trump, or protect their own power?

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Speakers

Jed Shugerman

Professor & Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, Boston University School of Law

Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a professor and Harry Elwood Warren Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law. He received his B.A., J.D., and Ph.D. (History) from Yale. He is currently working on a book “A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists,” questioning... Read More →

Mark Joseph Stern

Senior Writer, Slate

Mark Joseph Stern is a senior writer covering courts and the law for Slate Magazine. Based in Washington, DC, he has covered the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate and district courts, and state and local courts since 2013. He holds a JD from the Georgetown University... Read More →

Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)

Live podcast taping, Politics

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