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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Moore v Harper Was a Win for Democracy, A Big L...
Chief Justice John Roberts steps in again to defend US democracy’s status quo, with an added bonus of sticking it to federal defendant and former President Donald J Trump.
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Supreme Court Politics One Year On From Dobbs
A year after SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade and wrought suffering and death, Democrats are still really bad at talking about Supreme Court politics.
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Samuel Alito and The Billionaire
Pre-butting his bought-and-paid-for Alaskan fishing adventure story in the Wall Street Journal is… A choice!
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SCOTUS Wants To Drain The Swamp, Too
Justice Alito’s opinion in Sackett clears the way for filling in. paving over, and otherwise threatening millions of acres of wetlands.
42 min
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Is A New Supreme Court Emerging?
What week two of not getting punched in the face by SCOTUS tells us about what’s going on at the High Court.
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Can Trump Outrun The Law?
The case against the former President is “airtight”, but is that enough?
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The Trump Indictment
Jack Smith lays out the charges against former President Donald J Trump
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Did John Roberts Really Just Save Voting Rights?
The surprise opinion in voting rights blockbuster Allen v Milligan, from a court in search of a new center (and some respect).
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How SCOTUS Enabled The Explosion of Anti-Trans ...
Decisions stripping voting rights and abortion rights paved the way for a rapidly growing and wide-ranging assault on the rights of trans adults, trans kids, and their families.
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Fixing The Court, One Story at a Time
An all-star jurisprudence journalist panel on what went wrong with covering the Supreme Court, and what to do about it.
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Bonus: SCOTUS Nukes Wetlands Protections
Sackett v EPA takes a hatchet to the Clean Water Act
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E. Jean Carroll and the Lawyer Who Beat Trump
E. Jean Carroll and lawyer Roberta Kaplan tell Dahlia Lithwick how they won, and why they could be headed back to court.
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The Supreme Court's Dangerous Return to Its Roots
The Supreme Court’s revanchism and scandals are cratering its legitimacy at the very moment it needs it most.
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Clarence Thomas and the Billionaires
As news of undisclosed gifts and payments to the Thomases mount, a network and a project becomes clear for all to see.
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John Roberts’ Unfunny Stalking Jokes at SCOTUS
A cyber-stalking case highlights whose safety matters to SCOTUS when it comes to free speech
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Anti-Abortion Lawyers Love this Zombie Law
The Comstock Act is a 19th century vice law some hope could criminalize abortion nationwide
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Tennessee-Style Power Grabs are Coming to a Sta...
The (racist) playbook when vote suppression and gerrymandering isn’t enough.
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What To Expect When You're Expecting An Indictment
Analysis of a trio of nested investigations into the former President, and a call for patience from Andrew Weissmann.
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Lessons from The Trump Years for SCOTUS
Understanding the FedSoc’s SCOTUS takeover and why the rest of us have a rule of law problem.
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SCOTUS on the Internet: “It’s Complicated”
Two big tech cases before the US Supreme Court this week promised justices tackling the thorny issues of content moderation, liability, and internet platforms, but instead delivered confusion and dodges.
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The "Stop the Steal" Fight That Never Ended
A State Supreme Court Justice reveals the long-term toll of calling out the Big Lie.
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Absolutely No One Is Happy With the Dobbs Leak ...
Jodi Kantor on the tipping scales of secrecy and privacy at the High Court.
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The Labor Case Before SCOTUS Has Big Implicati...
Another precedent-busting case at SCOTUS, this time targeting unions and the right to strike
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Why are We Still Obsessed with Roe v Wade?
Mary Ziegler on overturning a myth, and trying to find its meaning.
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“Is This How We Do Law Now?”
What happens when the Supreme Court decides to ignore precedent and trial records––and the need for actual cases, controversies, or even standing.
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