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“A Kitchen Sink Approach to Constitutional Claims”
On this week’s Amicus, - the case that threatens the Indian Child Welfare Act, but also threatens domino effects on tribal sovereignty and land right…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor Cara McClellan, former counsel at NAACP LDF, and founding Director of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic, at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The Supreme Court Case that Could Upend Democracy
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Judge Michael Luttig for the definitive conversation on a giant elections case now on the calendar at the Supreme Court. Moore v Harper is a North Carolina redistricting …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: Time to Celebrate Some Wins
Dahlia Lithwick is on the road with Amicus and Lady Justice. In this bonus episode, she’s joined by Loyola Law Professor, legal commentator and columnist Jessica Levinson for a conversation about wha…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gives SCOTUS a History Lesson
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by two key players from this week’s consequential voting rights cases at the US Supreme Court. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s senior counsel Deuel Ross argue…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
A Hair-Raising SCOTUS Curtain-Raiser
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern and Jay Willis of Balls and Strikes for a preview of the big cases headed our way this Supreme Court term. They tackle cases concerning voting r…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Listen to Lady Justice
Dahlia Lithwick’s new book Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America, tells the story of the women lawyers who stood up to Trump and stood up for those unseen and unrepresented by a…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Sound of Worms Turning
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern for a romp through the jurisprudential headlines. It’s been a week. Highlights include: Donald Trump’s legal woes in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Lady Justice and Charlottesville Nazis
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Roberta Kaplan, who along with co-counsel Karen Dunn brought a successful civil suit against twenty-four neo-Nazi and white supremacist leaders responsible for organizing…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Law v Lawless Edition
Dahlia is joined by Mary Trump and Norm Ornstein to discuss how a single Trump-appointed judge’s attempt to stick a fork in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into potential mishandling …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago