Today's Takeaways: Justice and Politics, Voices of Solitary, The Pope in Mexico Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Losing Hope for Peace? New Attack Raises Questions About Syrian Ceasefire VOTE: America's Greatest Innovation Supreme Court Fight Could Reshape the Senate The Judicial Branch: America's Newest Political Pawn? New Hearings Aim to Uncover Mysteries of El Faro Sinking Pope Francis Seeks to Heal the Carnage of Mexico's Drug War Voices from Solitary Confinement The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has some wondering if the American judiciary has lost its independence. ( erhui1979 / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC