Week in Review: December 5-11, 2022

Episode Format:

1. Brittney Griner Returns Home from Russia (1:28)

2. Democratic Incumbent, Raphael Warnock, Wins Georgia Run-Off Election (10:58)

3. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Moore v Harper - Re: Independent State Legislature Doctrine (14:05)

4. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in 303 Creative v Elenis - Re: Rights of Same-Sex Couples vs. Rights of Business Owners 

Sources below

Brittney Griner Returns Home from Russia

CNN: Inside Biden’s agonizing decision to take a deal that freed Brittney Griner but left Paul Whelan in Russia

CBS News: Who is Viktor Bout? Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death” swapped for Brittney Griner

NPR: Biden vows to bring longtime detainee Paul Whelan home from Russia too

BBC: Who is Paul Whelan, the ex-US Marine jailed in Russia

Democratic Incumbent, Raphael Warnock, Wins Georgia Run-Off Election

NPR: Why Warnock’s seat means so much to Senate Democrats

Politico: 3 numbers that show how Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Moore v Harper - Re: Independent State Legislature Doctrine

NPR: Supreme Court weighs controversial election-law case

SCOTUS blog: Moore v Harper

Oyez: Moore v Harper synopsis

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in 303 Creative v Elenis - Re: Rights of Same-Sex Couples vs. Rights of Business Owners

NPR: Supreme Court hears clash between LGBTQ and business owners’ rights

LA Times: Supreme Court leans in favor of a Christian website designer’s right to turn away gay weddings