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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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The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan
A brilliant liberal justice is all of a sudden joining the conservatives on some questionable cases. What’s up?
47 min
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Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Apparently Doesn’t Believ...
What just happened to equal protection under the law?
11 min
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Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator In Handc...
Yup, seems pretty bad.
47 min
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There Is No Musk-Trump Feud Without The Roberts...
The original sin of selling the US Justice system comes home to roost at the Supreme Court.
44 min
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Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, De...
12 min
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This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other ...
68 min
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The Two Tracks of Justice
Why everything feels so bad right now, even if your life isn’t materially changing.
69 min
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SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again
They decided to tackle the very messy question of nationwide injunctions instead of answering the easy, obviously unconstitutional issue.
56 min
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SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs
Kara Swisher with the briefing constitutional lawyers need to understand big tech’s federal government takeover.
61 min
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The Un-American Project
The Trump administration can’t delete birthright citizenship or due process from the constitution. But they’re asking the courts to let them.
74 min
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The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed The Game
Key legal takeaways from 100 days of lawlessness.
68 min
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Playing Chicken With the Constitution
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are revving up for a face off between the president and the courts.
71 min
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A Lawyer’s Guide to Not Caving to the President
55 min
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Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court Just Gave The ...
Five justices used an emergency ruling to reward Trump’s DOJ and severely restrict hundreds of detainees’ access to justice.
6 min
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He Was Deported by Administrative Error. We Tal...
Will the Trump administration follow a federal judge’s orders and bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home?
48 min
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Trump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On Voting
The SAVE act plus this week’s executive order targeting voting are the biggest proposed restrictions on the right to vote in Congress’ history.
69 min
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The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn This Week
From rendition flights to El Salvador, to USAID workers left stranded in dangerous places, the courts are tackling Trump’s wildest lawless acts, but meeting with denial and defiance.
73 min
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Sneak Preview: An Escalating Constitutional Crisis
9 min
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Big Law Stands Up
After an initial shock, signs of big firms fighting back against Trump. Will it be enough?
35 min
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The Constitutional Truth At The Heart Of The DO...
Elon Musk cannot, as a legal matter, be simultaneously leading DOGE and also not leading DOGE.
58 min
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Sneak Preview: What Trump’s First Big Loss At S...
While Justices Roberts and Barrett agree the administration should pay $2 billion it owes in foreign aid, four justices are apparently cool with a bit of contempt of court.
7 min
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When the Lawyers are Lawless
We’re now a country where you don’t know if you’re being arrested or kidnapped (and that’s the point).
44 min
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Long Live The King?
Spotting the difference between “muscular unitary executive” and “monarchy” is getting tougher by the day.
52 min
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The Gangster Presidency
The DoJ’s Eric Adams shakedown sets off a series of defiant and courageous resignations.
72 min
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Trying To Undo A Coup, In The Courts
This week saw an unbroken string of legal losses for Trump and Musk. But will losing in court slow their roll?
56 min