Podcast Episodes

Will the Supreme Court Step Into Trump’s Hush Money Conviction?

As a jury in Lower Manhattan responded with “guilty” to all 34 felony counts in former President and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday, dozens and do…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Opinionpalooza: The Court of King Alito

Business as usual at the Supreme Court is the institutional response to the unusual business of Justice Samuel Alito’s letter writing about his flag-flying wife. In this bonus episode for Slate Plus …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

SPECIAL: Trump Guilty on All 34 Counts

After six weeks of arguments and testimony and a little under 12 hours of deliberation, a Manhattan jury voted to convict former President Trump of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial. Dahlia Li…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Opinionpalooza: A Bad June Rising At SCOTUS

As we stand poised at the threshold of June, we brace ourselves for the fire hose of opinions headed our way in the next four or so weeks. 

But why? Why –even as the Court is taking on fewer cases – i…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Opinionpalooza: Justice Alito Flies the Flag for Racial Gerrymanders (Preview)

In this Opinionpalooza emergency bonus episode, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss Thursday’s decision in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP, highlighting the implications for racial gerrym…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How Originalism Ate The Law: What We Can Do About It

In the third and final part of our How Originalism Ate the Law series, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are joined by Justice Todd Eddins of the Hawaii Supreme Court and Madiba Dennie, author of…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Alito’s Stars and Gripes

Justice Samuel Alito’s wife didn’t attend the January 6th 2021 “Stop the Steal” rally (unlike fellow SCOTUS spouse Ginni Thomas), but in January 2021, in a leafy Alexandria, Virginia cul-de-sac, the …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How Originalism Ate The Law: The Trap

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In the second part of our series on Amicus and at Slate.com, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are back on the originalism beat. This week …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How Originalism Ate the Law: The Trick

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In this, the first part of a special series on Amicus and at Slate.com, we are lifting the lid on an old-timey sounding method of constitutional…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Democracy Dies at SCOTUS

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This past week (that lasted about a year) at the Supreme Court began badly and only went downhill from there. By Wednesday, justices were tryin…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago