Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, ju...
A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America.
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The Argument That Could Reclaim the Supreme Cou...
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on the frustrating process of vetting a new Supreme Court justice.
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With Kennedy Gone, What’s on the Chopping Block?
Our annual look at the end of the Supreme Court term.
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Voting: Purging, Packing, Cracking, Standing
Analysis of SCOTUS gerrymandering and voter purge decisions with Paul M Smith, who argued two of the cases.
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Bonus: Live From the ACLU
A legal all-star panel with David Cole, Vanita Gupta, Joyce White Vance and Richard Painter.
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Religious Belief, Sincerely Held
Examining the narrow slicing of the Masterpiece cake shop holding, and contemplating the role of faith in our laws.
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The Impeachment Question
It’s a possibility, but should it be a goal?
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The State of the State Attorneys General
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on gun safety wins, the resistance, and Eric Schneiderman
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Travel Ban 3.0 and Rinsing off Religious Animus...
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The Rule of Law and the Ethics of Poking the Bear
A slow motion constitutional crisis may be upon us. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Lawfare blog editor and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Ben Wittes, to assess the threats to the rule of law posed by presidential pique.
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Don’t Call It an Abortion Case
NIFLA v Becerra may be all about reproductive rights, but it’s a speech case, too.
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All The President's Lawyers
This week we follow the money in the Mueller investigation and we talk with a former White House counsel under President Barack Obama about the relationship between presidents and their lawyers, and between this president and his lawyers.
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When Did Corporations Become People?
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A Preview of a Union-Busting Case, and RBG’s Gr...
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Immigration: Whose Call Is It Anyway?
As the courts grapple with radical shifts in immigration policy, a look at the cases underlying the conversation about the rights of refugees, immigrants, Dreamers, and visitors.
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“The Gross Spectacle of a Divided Defense”
The case of the capital defendant who insisted “I’m innocent” while his lawyer told everyone “he did it” reaches the Supreme Court.
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The Right Not to Vote
SCOTUS will weigh whether Ohio had the right to purge more than a million voters who sat out elections.
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#MeToo in the Courts
What’s next, and what’s needed, in the wake of sexual harassment claims concerning the judiciary?
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Probing the Mueller Probe, and Inside the Chamb...
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Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate | Martha
A preview of Slate's eight-episode miniseries about Watergate.
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Why the Cakeshop Case is So Delicious
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Guns in America and the Travel Ban that Went Un...
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The 25th Amendment, What's That?
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The Single Most Unremarked Win of the Trump Era
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The Supreme Court Term RBG Is Calling "Momentous"
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Gerrymandering Goes Back to Court
As is so often the case, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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