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A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America.


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An Interview With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dahlia Lithwick talks to Justice Ginsburg about her time at Harvard Law School--and about her fellow female classmates.
8 min
252
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG Part Two
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and two of her classmates discuss their lives from Harvard Law School through today.
30 min
253
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG Part One
Who were the nine other women in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Harvard Law Class? The justice remembers them all.
35 min
254
Coming Soon
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG
1 min
255
Roberts vs. Trump
As the Supreme Court term comes to a close, the chief justice shows his political acuity.
50 min
256
What’s Left of Roe v. Wade?
Exploring the division of opinion in June Medical Services LLC v Russo.
41 min
257
Blockbusters: DACA and Title VII
Dissecting two huge decisions in one Supreme Court week.
82 min
258
Race, Police, and The Law
Where is the justice and what is this Justice Department?
53 min
259
Immunity, Impunity, and Justice by the Numbers
The financial records cases, who’s getting cut off on the all-new SCOTUS call-in show, and why the law is for suckers.
60 min
260
Big Days for Justice
Bill Barr drops things, SCOTUS phones it in, and Little Sisters intervene.
61 min
261
States’ Rights
Colorado State Attorney General Phil Weiser on cooperative federalism, COVID-19, and faithless electors.
42 min
262
Why, Wisconsin?
Election lawyer Marc Elias on what this week’s election mess can teach us ahead of November.
51 min
263
Protecting Democracy in a Pandemic
What we need to hold onto, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
58 min
264
The Law of Public Health
Professor Michele Goodwin on holding onto civil liberties when the world turns upside down.
53 min
265
Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good?
Big questions for the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold.
45 min
266
Election Meltdown, Professor Brendan Nyhan
How disinformation undermines elections.
13 min
267
Election Meltdown, Part 5
Doomsday scenarios and hopeful actions in the final part of our voting-rights series.
69 min
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Election Meltdown, Part 4
Rhetoric and reality: When is it OK to say an election was “stolen”?
50 min
269
Election Meltdown, Part 3
Delving into the big bag of dirty tricks ahead of the 2020 election.
54 min
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Election Meltdown, Part 2
Paper jams, lost forms, and lost boxes—incompetence and elections.
32 min
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Impeachment's Aftermath
Precedents for future presidents, and questions for current citizens
43 min
272
Election Meltdown, Part 1
The voter fraud that wasn’t, the voter suppression that is.
40 min
273
A Trial That's Not A Trial
As the Chief Justice and Senators swear in for Donald J Trump’s impeachment trial, a lawyer’s eye view of proceedings.
48 min
274
What Is Impeachment For?
Live from the Aspen Institute, a conversation about the case against Donald Trump.
5 min
275
Buckle Up, John Roberts
Looking ahead to a turbulent 2020 for the chief justice.
50 min