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Death Eaters
Strict Scrutiny - May 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa interviews Ian Millhiser about his new book, The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America. This conversation was originally an event with the Commonwealth Club in April.
Siren Songs
Strict Scrutiny - May 26, 2021 03:10 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsKate, Melissa, and Leah notice the siren song of purposivism in some of the Court’s recent statutory interpretation cases. They also talk about developments on the Court’s death penalty docket before going through one of their binders of women advocates & advocates of color.
Hysterical Lady Brains
Strict Scrutiny - May 24, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa, Kate, and Leah break down the recent cert grants, the oral argument in Terry v. United States, and the opinions in Edwards v. Vannoy, CIC v. IRS, Caniglia v. Strom, & BP v. Baltimore. They then workshop their reviews of Justice Breyer’s forthcoming book before highlighting some exciting...
When There Are 535
Strict Scrutiny - May 17, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsIn March, the NYU School of Law hosted the the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network's symposium on Politics, Power, and Women’s Leadership. As a part of the event, Melissa interviewed Congresswoman Katie Porter about her experience running for office, child care as infrastructure, and, of course,...
Drained Pool Politics
Strict Scrutiny - May 10, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsKate & Melissa host Heather McGhee to discuss her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
Burn Book on Purposivism
Strict Scrutiny - May 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Kate recap the textualist bonanza in Niz-Chavez v. Garland, and the recent arguments in Americans for Prosperity Foundation (during which Justice Alito signaled that he’s a fan of the pod) and Mahanoy School District. They also preview the final case of the term, Terry v. United States.
Barking Goldfish
Strict Scrutiny - April 26, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsKate, Leah, and Melissa go over new opinion, recap the previous week of oral arguments, and preview the next batch of cases to be heard at the Supreme Court.
Right for the Wrong Reasons
Strict Scrutiny - April 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsKate and Melissa are joined by special guests Juvaria Khan, Matthew Fletcher, and Carmen Iguina Gonzalez to discuss the upcoming April sitting and the work of The Appellate Project.
Tsunami of Slime
Strict Scrutiny - April 12, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Kate are joined by Sen. Sheldon “Whiteboard” Whitehouse to discuss the courts subcommittee hearing on dark money and how the topic of the hearing relates to the Court’s upcoming case in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra/Thomas More Law Foundation v. Becerra.
Sausage Fest
Strict Scrutiny - April 05, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings“Live” from Yale Law’s ACS chapter, Leah and Kate recap the end of the March sitting, break down recent opinions, and kvell over some court culture -- the first batch of judicial nominees from the Biden administration!
Spaceships and Serial Killers
Strict Scrutiny - March 29, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa and special guest Ginger Anders recap the first week of the March sitting and preview the second week of the March sitting.
Dear Steve
Strict Scrutiny - March 22, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa, Kate, and Leah preview the March sitting and have a romp through court culture — cancel culture, the monarchy, media bias, and so much more!
Amend: The Fight for America
Strict Scrutiny - March 15, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa, Kate, and Leah are joined by Robe Imbriano, producer of Amend: The Fight for America, and Michelle Adams, Cardozo Law Professor and one of the experts featured in the Netflix docuseries.
Get to the Punchline
Strict Scrutiny - March 08, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Kate recap some February arguments (Brnovich v. DNC and United States v. Arthrex) before pleading with the Biden administration to give them some court culture material. Oh, and, Justice Breyer they have a request for you -- with respect, of course.
Toddler Logic
Strict Scrutiny - March 01, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah is joined by Josie Duffy Rice, President of the Appeal, and Jay Willis, senior contributor at the Appeal, to discuss some Court related news, preview the upcoming Voting Rights Act case, and chat about some emerging Fourth Amendment issues on the Court’s docket.
Wilding Out
Strict Scrutiny - February 22, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa, Kate, and Leah recap opinions, preview the first week of arguments in the February sitting, and discuss the perils of Zoom filters and group texts.
Dude Process
Strict Scrutiny - February 15, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsKate and Leah do a “snap” episode on the most recent impeachment proceedings.
Gold Highways
Strict Scrutiny - February 08, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Kate are joined by David Schleicher and Sam Moyn, cohosts and creators of “Digging A Hole,” a legal theory podcast. They discuss Supreme Court reform and why none of them were invited to join the court reform commission.
Dirty Damages
Strict Scrutiny - February 01, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah, Melissa, and Kate recap the January sitting and the inauguration festivities. They also extend a few invites to join the pod -- so listen in!
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Strict Scrutiny - January 25, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah, Melissa, and Kate are joined by Julie Cohen, Betsy West and Talleah Bridges McMahon, the team behind the new documentary, My Name Is Pauli Murray. The film premieres at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
Rinse & Repeat
Strict Scrutiny - January 20, 2021 18:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah, Melissa, and Kate are joined by Rutgers Law Dean Kim Mutcherson, host of “The Power of Attorney” podcast, to break down (FOR NOW) the Court’s recent grants, the decision in FDA v. ACOG, and to recap and preview some January cases.
The Meme Lives
Strict Scrutiny - January 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah, Melissa, and Kate discuss the insurrection, their new BFF Joe Manchin, the upcoming January sitting, and the 25th Amendment.
No Coup For You
Strict Scrutiny - December 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsIn this monster episode, Leah, Melissa, and Kate recap all of the December arguments, and the opinions we’ve gotten to date. They also deliver some disappointing news to Texas et al: NO COUP FOR YOU!
Our Favorite Things
Strict Scrutiny - December 23, 2020 17:08 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsMelissa, Leah, and Kate bring some BIG OPRAH ENERGY to share some of their favorite things around the holidays and new year.
When Reality Is Surreal
Strict Scrutiny - December 21, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Melissa are joined by Alexandra Petri, author of Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why, and Washington Post columnist. They discuss how to cover news by laughing rather than crying, and how to satirize reality when reality is surreal.
Normal Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny - December 14, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Melissa are joined by the first repeat guest on Strict Scrutiny, Elie Mystal, to discuss his recent column about Democratic leadership on the Senate Judiciary Committee. They also provide some dramatic readings and reenactments of some of the hearings and filings from the (poorly run) c...
Big Whiteboard Energy
Strict Scrutiny - December 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsIt’s the episode you’ve been waiting for – our breakdown of Justice Alito’s keynote speech at the Federalist Society convention. And as our guest, we have the Senator living rent free in Justice Alito’s head – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who gets his own Strict Scrutiny nickname ...
Call For Filings!
Strict Scrutiny - December 06, 2020 13:30 - 49 seconds ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsSend us your favorite, crazy election law filings from this cycle. And we'll do a dramatic reading!
Unfeathered Discretion
Strict Scrutiny - November 30, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Melissa preview the first week of the December sitting and recap a lot of Supreme Court and Supreme Court adjacent news about turkeys, COVID, and more.
Cute as a Button
Strict Scrutiny - November 23, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsLeah and Melissa and Kate are joined by Meera Deo, Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the American Bar Foundation, and author of Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia (Stanford U Press 2019).
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