{"podcast":{"title":"Civics on the Rocks","slug":"civics-on-the-rocks-6598827","podcast_index_feed_id":6598827,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/civicsontherocks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://CivicsOnTheRocks.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1381621/CivicsOnTheRocks_Art_v7_3000x3000_9m36fc.png","author":"Anne Trominski","episode_count":54,"summary":"A history teacher and an engineer walk into a bar...ouch! Except there isn’t a bar. But there are a few dad jokes. And whiskey. Two guys who know a few things, have been around a few blocks, and a few cocktails, discuss politics, science, history, technology, and—*gestures wildly*—, all while drinking and dropping pop culture references. Did we mention the dad jokes? Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and join us for Civics on the Rocks.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-on-the-rocks-6598827"},"episode":{"title":"Is the Judiciary Independent?","slug":"is-the-judiciary-independent","published_at":"2025-06-02T14:01:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-on-the-rocks-6598827/is-the-judiciary-independent","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-on-the-rocks-6598827","url":"https://CivicsOnTheRocks.podbean.com/e/is-the-judiciary-independent/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qqzkymxzy6qmkjg4/IsTheJudiciaryIndependent.mp3","summary":"Listen to Mack and Steve discuss checks, balances, and how it always comes back to we, the people. REFERENCES There’s three coequal branches: The White House. “Our Government.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/government/ Take France: Georgetown Law Library. “The Structure of the French Legal System.” https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/francelegalresearch/legalsystem Or Britain: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. “Overview of the Judiciary.” https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/history-of-the-judiciary-in-england-and-wales/history-of-the-judiciary/ What you would call a civil law system: Legal Information Institute. “Civil Law.” Reviewed October 2022. Cornell Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/civil_law Stemming from Roman law code, which was codified under Justinian: Jolowicz, Herbert Felix, and Kiralfy, Alber Roland. “The Law of Justinian.” Reviewed March 26, 2025. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-law/The-law-of-Justinian Later you had the Napoleonic code: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Napoleonic Code.” Updated April 30, 2025. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code We were part of the common law tradition that comes from England: Legal Information Institute. “Common Law.” Reviewed May 2020. Cornell Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/common_law Even in states where judges are elected: Ballotpedia. “Judicial Election Methods by State.” https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_election_methods_by_state What a negative election is: National Conference of State Legislatures. “Recall of State Officials.” https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/recall-of-state-officials Georgia does it that way: Ballotpedia. “Laws Governing Recall in Georgia.” https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall_in_Georgia The ground…","meta_description":"Listen to Mack and Steve discuss checks, balances, and how it always comes back to we, the people. REFERENCES There’s three coequal branches: The White Ho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4086,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/civics-on-the-rocks-6598827/episodes/is-the-judiciary-independent/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-on-the-rocks-6598827/is-the-judiciary-independent.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}