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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Celebrity SCOTUS

    When they’re not deciding cases on the future of our health care and the environment and marriage -- or maybe even when they are -- Supreme Court justices are making a lot more public appearances than they used to. That’s according to a new study .

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 1, 2015 • 1 min read

    When they’re not deciding cases on the future of our health care and the environment and marriage -- or maybe even when they are -- Supreme Court justices are making a lot more public appearances than they used to. That’s according to a new study. We hear from its author, who also weighs in on how the justices’ extracurricular activities might seep into their decisions behind the bench.

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    2. 9:04Celebrity SCOTUSYou’re reading this
    3. 16:59Cars: Lane-Splitting and More
    4. 26:18'The Water Knife'
    5. 42:14Killing the Colorado
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Rick Hasen

      professor of law and the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    SCOTUS Rules on Abercrombie, Lane-Splitting and the Colorado River
    1. 0:00Supreme Court Rules in Facebook, Abercrombie & Fitch Cases
    2. 9:04Celebrity SCOTUSYou’re reading this
    3. 16:59Cars: Lane-Splitting and More
    4. 26:18'The Water Knife'
    5. 42:14Killing the Colorado
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