Podcast Episodes

The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed The Game

As we approach President Trump’s 100th day in office (this time around) this Wednesday, Dahlia Lithwick checks in with one of the key architects of the litigation strategy that is successfully confou…

Published on 8 months ago

Playing Chicken With the Constitution

Ever since March 15, when three flights carrying hundreds of men who had been afforded zero due process left United States airspace and landed in El Salvador, American democracy has been hurtling tow…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

A Lawyer’s Guide to Not Caving to the President

On this week’s Amicus, autocratic creep in high and low gear. In high gear: The Supreme Court finally issued its order in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, requiring that the government “facilitates” Abre…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Just Gave The Trump Administration Everything It Wanted—Almost

Here’s a question for you. If you are scooped up by ICE (masked, covering badge numbers), then moved from one detention center to another in quick succession, before being hastily forced onto a fligh…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

He Was Deported by Administrative Error. We Talked to His Lawyer.

The US government’s use of a prison in El Salvador as an extra-judicial due-process free black site has been rendered starkly visible by the story of one man they tried to disappear. On this week’s A…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On Voting

The Trumpian inversion of reality was threaded into so many areas of the law and active litigation this week.

Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the apparent evapo…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn This Week

If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer volume of lawless acts, constitutional crises (we count five), and huge Trump administration losses in court this week - honestly, same. But if anyone can render th…

Published on 9 months ago

Sneak Preview: An Escalating Constitutional Crisis

In this urgent extra episode of Amicus,  host Dahlia Lithwick and Slate's senior writer Mark Joseph Stern discuss the unfolding constitutional crisis triggered by the Trump administration's defiance …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Big Law Stands Up

Donald Trump continued his almost uninterrupted losing streak in the courts. Across the country we saw federal judges openly criticizing his Administration officials and their lawyers for overreach, …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

The Constitutional Truth At The Heart Of The DOGE Cases

Elon Musk’s moves at DOGE have been legally dubious from the start. And the more we learn, the more questions we have about this not-an-agency helmed by Musk –– who is apparently both in charge, and …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago