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Sep 27, 2021 • 34min

Hashtag YOLO

Recorded in partnership with the 2021 Texas Tribune festival, Dahlia Lithwick joins us to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s busy summer and do a lightening-round preview of 2.5 cases on the docket for the Court’s upcoming term.  Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 20, 2021 • 47min

Sounds Legit

Leah is joined by Jeannie Suk Gersen and Deeva Shah to discuss an important case, Roe v. United States, about the procedures for addressing workplace misconduct in the federal courts. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 13, 2021 • 54min

Meager Sentences

Kate and Leah are joined by Elizabeth Wydra and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick to discuss more of the Supreme Court's orders coming out of the shadow docket. First up is the Migrant Protection Protocol, also known as the "Remain in Mexico" program from the Trump Administration. Then it's a look at the Court's decision to vacate the CDC's latest eviction moratorium, which allows evictions to resume. Both orders ruled against the Biden administration and were divided along ideological lines.  Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 11, 2021 • 46min

Messing with Texas

Leah, Melissa, and Kate reconvene for another emergency podcast on Texas SB8, which is now being challenged by the federal government. Y’all, they are messing with Texas! Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 6, 2021 • 43min

Untitled Dating Show

It’s law school advice time, Strict Scrutiny style! Melissa and Leah chat with Mark Moran, graduate of UVA Law and contestant on FBoy Island, for the first ever Strict Scrutiny x FBoy Island Crossover. What can law school teach you about reality TV, and reality TV teach you about law school? A lot, it turns out…. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 4, 2021 • 46min

Flagrantly Unconstitutional

Melissa, Kate, & Leah get together again to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas SB8 case, what is happening now in Texas, and what might happen still with the law. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Sep 2, 2021 • 40min

Message Received

Commander Professor Steve Vladeck joins us for an emergency episode about SB8, the most restrictive abortion law that has been allowed to go into effect since Roe v. Wade. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Aug 30, 2021 • 54min

Sexual Justice

Kate and Leah talk with Alexandra Brodsky, founding co-director of Know Your IX and author of Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Aug 23, 2021 • 54min

How Rights Went Wrong

Kate and Leah talk with Jamal Greene about his new book, How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart.  Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Aug 16, 2021 • 47min

Open Wound

Melissa talks reparations with Katherine Franke, Columbia Law Professor and author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky

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