Podcast Episodes

The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan

The Justices seem intent on packing their summer vacation bags and getting on their way. 

Earlier in the week, the court’s conservative supermajority upheld a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care f…

Published on 6 months ago

Bonus: SCOTUS Apparently Doesn’t Believe Trans People Exist

In this Slate Plus exclusive episode, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern analyse the Roberts Court's decision in Skrmetti,  effectively bans gender-affirming  care for trans minors in more than 20…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator In Handcuffs

America feels very different this weekend. While the president’s planned military parade (that just happens to coincide with his birthday) will see tanks and armored vehicles rolling through Washingt…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

There Is No Musk-Trump Feud Without The Roberts Court

Money talks, and sometimes it speaks as law by fiat from the highest court in the land. In this episode of  Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick delves into the impact of money on the judiciary and, eventually, o…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, Desperate Dealmaking Out Back

This is part of ⁠Opinionpalooza⁠, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. The best way to support our work is by joining ⁠Slate Plus⁠. (If you are already a member, …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History

The end (of the Supreme Court term) is nigh. This week, Amicus goes into June Opinionpalooza mode with some meta-analysis of what to look out for as the Supreme Court delivers dozens of decisions ove…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Two Tracks of Justice

This week’s episode attempts to understand the ways in which the law of Trump unfolds along two tracks at the same time. First, Mark Joseph Stern joins us to talk about the Supreme Court’s decision t…

Published on 7 months ago

SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again

Our eyes this week were trained on the arguments over birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court on Thursday. While Solicitor General John Sauer advanced wild arguments on behalf of the Trump admini…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs

After Silicon Valley’s yeet to the right after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, and the DOGE-ification of the federal government (read: chaos and abuse as the driving ethos of HR), it felt like high…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Un-American Project

Whether it’s attempting to overturn birthright citizenship, effectively stripping citizenship from American children, or claiming Alien Enemy Act war powers under an imaginary invasion, Trump’s anti-…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago