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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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News Commentary
Politics
Government
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The Senate Judiciary Committee and Boxing Kanga...
Dahlia Lithwick, Elie Mystal, and Mark Joseph Stern on girding for a fight and choosing your battles.
49 min
152
Quiet Words That Remain
The cases, opinions, and dissents you may have missed from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decades in court.
38 min
153
A Conversation about Conversations with RBG
Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Rosen on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s jurisprudence—and her character.
65 min
154
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
155
Bill Barr’s American Carnage
The attorney general is not just a Trump enabler, he has his own agenda.
62 min
156
Dozens of Baby Bush v Gores
The new fronts of voting rights battles.
62 min
157
Behind the Scenes of "The Class of RBG"
Working's June Thomas talks with Dahlia Lithwick and Molly Olmstead about the project.
28 min
158
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
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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
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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
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Coming Soon
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG
1 min
162
Roberts vs. Trump
As the Supreme Court term comes to a close, the chief justice shows his political acuity.
50 min
163
What’s Left of Roe v. Wade?
Exploring the division of opinion in June Medical Services LLC v Russo.
41 min
164
Blockbusters: DACA and Title VII
Dissecting two huge decisions in one Supreme Court week.
82 min
165
Race, Police, and The Law
Where is the justice and what is this Justice Department?
53 min
166
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
167
Big Days for Justice
Bill Barr drops things, SCOTUS phones it in, and Little Sisters intervene.
61 min
168
States’ Rights
Colorado State Attorney General Phil Weiser on cooperative federalism, COVID-19, and faithless electors.
42 min
169
Why, Wisconsin?
Election lawyer Marc Elias on what this week’s election mess can teach us ahead of November.
51 min
170
Protecting Democracy in a Pandemic
What we need to hold onto, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
58 min
171
The Law of Public Health
Professor Michele Goodwin on holding onto civil liberties when the world turns upside down.
53 min
172
Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good?
Big questions for the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold.
45 min
173
Election Meltdown, Professor Brendan Nyhan
How disinformation undermines elections.
13 min
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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