A Fascinating Detail in the Herschel Walker Saga

<p>The Daily Beast reporter who broke the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-life-herschel-walker-paid-for-girlfriends-abortion-georgia-senate?ref=home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">story of Herschel Walker</a> paying for a girlfriend’s abortion has provided behind-the-scenes details and thoughts on the case. Politics reporter Roger Sollenberger pointed to the key detail in the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-tells-hugh-hewitt-that-paying-for-abortion-is-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cobweb of Walker stories </a>to host Andy Levy on this week’s episode of political podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-abnormal/id1508202790" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The New Abnormal</strong></a>: the woman behind the allegations. Speaking of the potential political ramifications for Walker, guest podcast host Josie Duffy Rice, who writes about prisons and prosecution at <a href="https://theunnamed.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Unnamed</a>, told Levy that while the abortion bombshell could swing the vote, it is unlikely to make Republicans switch. Then, Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate Magazine who covers court and law, describes how the Supreme Court is<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/supreme-court-scotus-decisions-law-school-professors.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> blowing up Law School</a> too. “The court has become, in many ways, corrupted by the political process and so just delivers these decisions that fall perfectly in line with the platform,” he says. </p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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