Podcast Deep Dive into Neil Gorsuch’s Formative Years and Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination
A new Slate podcast series examines how Neil Gorsuch’s upbringing, early activism, and Trump’s appointment shaped the current 6-3 Supreme Court.
Slate’s Slow Burn podcast teams with the Amicus show to present a new season dedicated to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. The series aims to uncover the lesser-known factors that molded Gorsuch, from his mother’s iconoclastic outlook to his reactions while attending a liberal college, and the impact of youthful conservative movements in the 1980s. In the opening episode, host Susan Matthews sits down with Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern to discuss these formative influences and the political context of Donald Trump’s nomination.
The podcast promises to illuminate how these elements contributed to the composition of the current 6-3 Roberts Court. Additional legal commentary is available to subscribers of Slate Plus, which also provides ad-free listening across one outlet’s podcast portfolio.
Why it matters
Understanding Gorsuch’s background helps explain the ideological balance of today’s Supreme Court.
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