Podcast Episodes

Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

Season 4

First things first: WE WON AN AMBIE!  Leah, Kate, and Melissa gather to raise a glass and celebrate this huge honor. Then, Kate and Melissa talk with…

3 years ago

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Ascertaining the Majorness of Student Debt Relief

Season 4

What’s going to happen to the federal student debt relief plan? Melissa, Leah and Kate give listeners some answers as they break down last week’s Sup…

3 years ago

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Not the Nine Greatest Experts on the Internet

Season 4

Leah and Kate recap the arguments in the big Internet cases the Supreme Court heard last week. Plus, they look ahead to the upcoming arguments in the…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Will the Supreme Court break the Internet?

Season 4

Danielle Citron, author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age, joins Leah and Melissa to preview two  S…

3 years, 1 month ago

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The Originalist Case for Terrorizing Women

Season 4

Leah and Kate talk to Jessica Valenti, writer of the Substack newsletter “Abortion, Every Day,” which documents the rapidly changing landscape of abo…

3 years, 1 month ago

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The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

Season 4

Melissa and Kate talk with Sasha Issenberg, journalist and political science professor at UCLA, about his book The Engagement: America's Quarter-Cent…

3 years, 1 month ago

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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 …

3 years, 2 months ago

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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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 priv…

3 years, 2 months ago

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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 …

3 years, 2 months ago

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