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 Blockbuster Case You Probably Haven’t Heard...
Why isn’t the left talking about 303 Creative - a case that could set civil rights back by decades?
54 min
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Religious Liberty and the Right to Vacation in ...
The problem isn’t the leaks, it’s the stench
28 min
153
When You Take Away the Kids, You Take Away the ...
The case that seeks to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act is about colonialism, not civil rights.
60 min
154
Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block
Professor Cara McClellan on how the Supreme Court is poised to change access to higher education and David Rothkopf on the Deep State stories you haven’t heard.
67 min
155
The Supreme Court Case that Could Upend Democracy
Moore v Harper has hit the Supreme Court calendar, and conservative Judge Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm.
53 min
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Bonus: Time to Celebrate Some Wins
Live in California, Dahlia Lithwick reflects on the progress made in the face of Trumpism.
11 min
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gives SCOTUS a Hi...
Inside the voting rights arguments at the High Court
62 min
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A Hair-Raising SCOTUS Curtain-Raiser
As Justice Jackson takes her seat, a court gone wild gets back to work
58 min
159
Listen to Lady Justice
: A high water mark for women and the law, and then, a great unraveling.
10 min
160
The Sound of Worms Turning
Good for the rule of law, bad for the former guy
57 min
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Lady Justice and Charlottesville Nazis
Roberta Kaplan on women, the law and holding white supremacists accountable.
41 min
162
The Law v Lawless Edition
Mary Trump and Norm Ornstein sift through the Mar-a-Lago files
44 min
163
The Clash Between Privacy and Freedom of the Press
Amy Gajda takes us through the history of privacy rights to find the sweet spot between dignity, secrecy, journalism and ethics.
48 min
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Judge Victoria Pratt’s “The Power of Dignity”
Amicus goes to municipal court to find a fairer way to deliver justice
56 min
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What the Dobbs Decision Means to Me
Heidi Schreck on hope and action when the law fails
54 min
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Eric Holder's Supreme Court Protest
President Obama’s Attorney General reveals why he decided to boycott SCOTUS
45 min
167
A Supreme Court Term Like No Other
At the Amicus breakfast table, chewing over the start of a new reactionary era at the Supreme Court.
64 min
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SCOTUS Wraps, Precedent Collapses, and KBJ Take...
Dorothy Roberts on what’s deadly, deliberate, and deeply rooted in Dobbs; Amy Westervelt on how the court is just getting started with West Virginia v EPA.
75 min
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Slate Plus Bonus: Praying at the 50 Yard Line a...
The Supreme Court’s alternative facts in the Coach Kennedy case
6 min
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Just Doing The Job They Were Put On The Court T...
Crushing, predictable decisions from SCOTUS at the dawn of an alarming new era
56 min
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Slate Plus Bonus: Carson v Makin
So long, establishment clause.
4 min
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Somewhere, John Roberts is Screaming into an Ex...
How does SCOTUS even operate in this environment?
50 min
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The January 6th Committee Revelations You Might...
Just Security’s Ryan Goodman on the “sleeper” stories from Thursday night
55 min
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Our Guns Problem is a Democracy Problem
The Supreme Court is set to deliver a devastating blow to gun safety
53 min
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When a Shooter Comes to Your School
A rebroadcast of Dahlia Lithwick speaking with three educators about when gun violence came to their schools—and the return to the classroom after.
29 min