
This year, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Supreme Court’s active month on government statement and immigration power, Donald Trump’s bond matter and words trouble, and COVID learning loss. Visit us for , Political Gabfest Live , in Washington, D. C. on March 27! Cards are on sale today, get’ em before they’re gone.
Information and references from this year’s display are provided in the following:
Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog:  , Court friendly to NRA’s free talk claim , and , Supreme Court wary of restricting state communications with social media companies
 Lindsay Whitehurst for AP: The Supreme Court appears to be open to the NRA’s free speech complaint against a former New York state established.
Hogan Gore for the Austin American-Statesman: SB 4 is put on hold after two judges have given duel orders regarding Texas immigration laws.
Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, and Kate Christobek for The New York Times:  , Trump Spurned by 30 Corporations as He Seeks Bond in$ 454 Million Judgment
Ruth Marcus for The Washington Post:  , Fair’s fair: Trump should be able to appeal the judgment against him , and Catherine Rampell: Trump ca n’t find anyone to spot him$ 424 million. Had you?
Sarah Mervosh, Claire Cain Miller, and Francesca Paris for The New York Times:  , What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later
Slate Political Gabfest:  , The” Stop Counting Then” Edition
These are this year’s chirps:
Emily:  , Small Game: A Novel , by Blair Braverman and , Small Game: A Novel , at the DC Public Library
John: Ramishah Maruf for CNN:  , MacKenzie Scott donates$ 640 million after empty call for nonprofits , and Ahjané Forbes for USA Today:  , Ticketless customer found in Delta plane’s restroom, forcing planes to move round
David: Sarah Zhang for The Atlantic:  , DNA Testing Are Investigating The Real Prevalence Of Incest , and City Cast:  , Job with us.
Speaker talk from , Joshua Weaver in Austin, Texas: Matthew Brown for AP:  , Montana gentleman used pet tissue and testicles to type’ giant’ sheep for sale to hunting preserves
For this week’s Slate Plus extra section, David, John, and Emily chat about The Mysterious Case of The Reappearing Princess. See , Karla Adam for The Washington Post:  , May Princess Kate video put an end to imperial communications disaster?  , and , Mark Landler for The New York Times:  , The Royals Tried to Control Their Image Online. The Internet Had Another Tips.
In the latest , Gabfest Gets, Emily deals with Tana French about her book,  , The Hunter: A Novel.
Email your screeches, issues, and opinions to , gabfest@slate .com. ( Messages may be mentioned by the author’s name unless otherwise specified. )
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