Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.

The thirteenth episode of the first series pays tribute to the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18th, 2020. This episode examines the controversy over RBG's open seat on the Supreme Court and Amy Coney Barrett's potential appointment. The hosts compare the jurisprudence of both women in regards to prosecutorial power and discuss whether Coney Barrett will rule in favor of limiting the malleability of laws for prosecutors. Additionally, this episode explores how current methods of prosecutorial accountability fail and whether the SCOTUS could become an effective check on prosecutorial discretion.

The resources used for reference in this episode include:

 https://www.bu.edu/sph/2018/07/12/supreme-court-justices-do-make-the-law/

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/rbg-supreme-court-decisions-dissents/index.html

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/19/what-you-need-to-know-about-amy-coney-barrett-trumps-leading-supreme-court-pick/#1daab9c32161

 https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=365722&p=2471070

 https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2020/09/i-dissent-the-life-and-legacy-of-the-incomparable-ruth-bader-ginsburg/

 https://heinonline.org/HOL/AuthorProfile?collection=journals&search_name=Ginsburg,%20Ruth%20Bader&base=js

 https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/utol26&div=9&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals

 https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/71379/OSLJ_V70N4_0867.pdf

 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/ginsburg.dec.html

 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057%2F9780230102354_7

 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/how-supreme-court-vacancies-confirmed/#close

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/us/politics/supreme-court-barrett.html

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-every-republican-senator-has-said-about-filling-a-supreme-court-vacancy-in-an-election-year

 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/20/ruth-bader-ginsburg-conservatism-418821

 https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/09/profile-of-a-potential-nominee-amy-coney-barrett/

 https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/09/23/rbg-s-mixed-record-on-race-and-criminal-justice

A special thank you goes to HPU’s Media Services Librarian Josh Harris for allowing us to use his outstanding recording equipment.

Taylor Cunningham performed the editing this week.

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