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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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A Conversation about Conversations with RBG
Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Rosen on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s jurisprudence—and her character.
65 min
152
An Interview With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dahlia Lithwick’s complete January interview with Justice Ginsburg about her time at Harvard Law School--and about her fellow female classmates.
43 min
153
Bill Barr’s American Carnage
The attorney general is not just a Trump enabler, he has his own agenda.
62 min
154
Dozens of Baby Bush v Gores
The new fronts of voting rights battles.
62 min
155
Behind the Scenes of "The Class of RBG"
Working's June Thomas talks with Dahlia Lithwick and Molly Olmstead about the project.
28 min
156
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
157
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
158
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
159
Coming Soon
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG
1 min
160
Roberts vs. Trump
As the Supreme Court term comes to a close, the chief justice shows his political acuity.
50 min
161
What’s Left of Roe v. Wade?
Exploring the division of opinion in June Medical Services LLC v Russo.
41 min
162
Blockbusters: DACA and Title VII
Dissecting two huge decisions in one Supreme Court week.
82 min
163
Race, Police, and The Law
Where is the justice and what is this Justice Department?
53 min
164
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
165
Big Days for Justice
Bill Barr drops things, SCOTUS phones it in, and Little Sisters intervene.
61 min
166
States’ Rights
Colorado State Attorney General Phil Weiser on cooperative federalism, COVID-19, and faithless electors.
42 min
167
Why, Wisconsin?
Election lawyer Marc Elias on what this week’s election mess can teach us ahead of November.
51 min
168
Protecting Democracy in a Pandemic
What we need to hold onto, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
58 min
169
The Law of Public Health
Professor Michele Goodwin on holding onto civil liberties when the world turns upside down.
53 min
170
Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good?
Big questions for the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold.
45 min
171
Election Meltdown, Professor Brendan Nyhan
How disinformation undermines elections.
13 min
172
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
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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