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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
176
The Canaries in the Coal Mine of Justice
Sherrilyn Ifill on the early warnings the legal establishment ignored.
64 min
177
The American Contest
Historical context for the conservative project to capture the courts.
48 min
178
The Litmus Test
What hostility to abortion rights really predicts.
46 min
179
What Progressives Got Wrong About the Judiciary
Politics, power, and the Supreme Court.
65 min
180
Testing the Election
Votes are already being cast. Will chaos be the winner?
59 min
181
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
182
Quiet Words That Remain
The cases, opinions, and dissents you may have missed from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decades in court.
38 min
183
A Conversation about Conversations with RBG
Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Rosen on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s jurisprudence—and her character.
65 min
184
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
185
Bill Barr’s American Carnage
The attorney general is not just a Trump enabler, he has his own agenda.
62 min
186
Dozens of Baby Bush v Gores
The new fronts of voting rights battles.
62 min
187
Behind the Scenes of "The Class of RBG"
Working's June Thomas talks with Dahlia Lithwick and Molly Olmstead about the project.
28 min
188
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
189
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
190
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
191
Coming Soon
Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG
1 min
192
Roberts vs. Trump
As the Supreme Court term comes to a close, the chief justice shows his political acuity.
50 min
193
What’s Left of Roe v. Wade?
Exploring the division of opinion in June Medical Services LLC v Russo.
41 min
194
Blockbusters: DACA and Title VII
Dissecting two huge decisions in one Supreme Court week.
82 min
195
Race, Police, and The Law
Where is the justice and what is this Justice Department?
53 min
196
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
197
Big Days for Justice
Bill Barr drops things, SCOTUS phones it in, and Little Sisters intervene.
61 min
198
States’ Rights
Colorado State Attorney General Phil Weiser on cooperative federalism, COVID-19, and faithless electors.
42 min
199
Why, Wisconsin?
Election lawyer Marc Elias on what this week’s election mess can teach us ahead of November.
51 min
200
Protecting Democracy in a Pandemic
What we need to hold onto, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
58 min