Podcast Episodes

The Supreme Court Makes Its Biggest Power Grab in a Generation

Season 5

Leah, Melissa and Kate try to wrap their heads around SCOTUS throwing away 40 years of precedent that allowed federal agencies (and the experts who work for them) to interpret ambiguous laws, not the…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

SCOTUS Dodges the Question of Emergency Abortions

Season 5

After accidentally uploading the decision in the EMTALA case, the Supreme Court released it for real today. Leah is joined by Fatima Goss-Graves, Chris Geidner, and Amanda Hollis-Brusky to analyze th…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

SCOTUS Greenlights Government Corruption

Season 5

Leah, Melissa, and Kate weigh the implications of Bloomberg’s scoop on EMTALA (apparently someone at the court got a little trigger-happy with the upload button). Then they take a look at today’s two…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

A Very DC Saturday Night

Season 5

As we wait for SCOTUS opinions in cases about presidential immunity, emergency abortions, the future of the administrative state, and more, we did a rowdy live show at the Howard Theatre in Washingto…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

SCOTUS's Indefensible Delay in Trump's Immunity Case

Season 5

The gang is back together! Ahead of the Strict Scrutiny live show on Saturday in DC, Kate, Melissa and Leah comb through four decisions from the Court. Are these the cases everyone’s waiting for? Not…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Mifepristone Stays on the Market (live from Tribeca!)

Season 5

Live from New York, it's Strict Scrutiny! Elie Mystal guest hosts with Kate and Melissa in front of a sold-out crowd at the Tribeca Festival to break down opinions, perform dramatic readings of the s…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The Textualist Case for Mass Shootings

Season 5

In an emergency episode, Leah and Melissa break down the Court's 6-3 decision to strike down a ban on bump stocks, attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at machine gun-like rates. It'…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Texas Doubles Down on Life-Threatening Abortion Ban

Season 5

Melissa and Kate talk to Molly Duane, lawyer from the Center for Reproductive Rights, about the disheartening outcome in the Zurawski case in Texas. Plus, they recap recent opinions in cases about ba…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Flags, Feuds, and Roberts' Rebuff

Season 5

Melissa and Kate recap the Supreme Court's latest opinions and catch up on the latest drama from the Alitos' flag-flying fiasco.

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

TRUMP FOUND GUILTY!

Season 5

A jury of Donald Trump's peers finds him guilty on all 34 counts in the Manhattan election interference trial. Melissa joins Pod Save America  to talk about next steps for sentencing and possible app…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago