Podcast Episodes

Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

Season 4

Melissa interviews Dahlia Lithwick about her best-selling book Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America. They discuss overlooked women who shaped the legal system, complicity in j…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Cosplaying an Investigation

Season 4

Kate and Leah were live from the University of Pennsylvania in Strict Scrutiny's first live show of 2023! Penn Law Professor Jasmine E. Harris joined the hosts to recap arguments in a case that could…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Busting Unions and Dodging Opinions

Season 4

Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap the Supreme Court's the first oral arguments of 2023, which includes cases about union labor laws, attorney-client privilege, and Puerto Rico's sovereign immunity. Plus-…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

The Long Game to Weaken Workers' Rights

Season 4

Melissa, Kate, and Leah reconvene to preview the cases the Supreme Court will hear in its January sitting. Manny Pastreich, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 32BJ, j…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Civil Rights Queen

Season 4

Tomiko Brown-Nagin joins Melissa and Kate to discuss her book Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality. You may recognize the name Constance Baker Motley from Ketanji …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

All I Want For Christmas Is Democracy

Season 4

Before we can really get into the holiday spirit, we have to deal with the lump of coal the Supreme Court heard on December 7th: Moore v. Harper. The case is about a fringe legal theory that says tha…

Published on 3 years ago

How the 303 Creative case threatens to roll back the 21st century

Season 4

The Supreme Court recently heard 2.5 hours of oral arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis-- the case about a Colorado website designer who doesn't want to create wedding websites for gay couples. The ar…

Published on 3 years ago

Making Fraud Great Again

Season 4

Melissa and Kate recap oral arguments in a couple of cases that could limit the reach of federal fraud statutes, plus an immigration case out of Texas. And of course, there's the latest story out of …

Published on 3 years ago

Turning Fan Fiction Into Reality

Season 4

Melissa, Kate, and Leah preview the cases that the Supreme Court will hear in December-- from election law shenanigans, to discrimination as protected speech, to making fraud great again. 

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Published on 3 years ago

Justice Samuel A-leak-o?

Season 4

On Saturday, the New York Times published a piece about a former anti-abortion leader's claim that he was told the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case before it was public. The story offers a glimps…

Published on 3 years ago