A Preview of a Union-Busting Case, and RBG’s Greatest Hits Tour
In this week’s episode, Professor Leah Litman joins Dahlia Lithwick to tune into Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments on #MeToo and due process. And for a full background check on the sexy-sounding ...
17 Feb 201859min
Immigration: Whose Call Is It Anyway?
This week the high court is on its winter break, but the team here at Amicus wanted to talk about DACA, the travel ban, and issues around immigrants, refugees, and the law. We talk Americanism. Who is...
3 Feb 201834min
“The Gross Spectacle of a Divided Defense”
We’re inside the chamber for the high-profile case involving a death row inmate from Louisiana who’s asking for a new trial after his lawyer told the jury his client was guilty, despite the client’s i...
20 Jan 20181h
The Right Not to Vote
Sometimes the technical stuff is how you get to the crucial stuff. Next week, the Supreme Court will hear a case about Ohio’s voter purge, and the case rests on some sticky statutory interpretation qu...
6 Jan 201858min
#MeToo in the Courts
The cultural whirlwind of #MeToo has reached the judiciary, reluctantly bringing Dahlia Lithwick into the fray along with it. In a piece for Slate, she detailed her firsthand experiences with Judge Al...
23 Des 20171h 3min
Probing the Mueller Probe, and Inside the Chamber for Masterpiece Cakeshop
The Mueller investigation keeps keeping on as subtweets, speculation, and objections mount. Dahlia Lithwick speaks with Andrew Wright, a former associate counsel to President Barack Obama about the la...
9 Des 201758min
Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate | Martha
Amicus presents a preview of Slow Burn, an eight-episode miniseries about Watergate. People called her crazy, and to be fair she must have seemed crazy. But she was onto something. How Martha Mitchell...
28 Nov 201724min
Why the Cakeshop Case is So Delicious
As the high court continues through its unprecedented session, Dahlia speaks with Adam Liptak who covers the Supreme Court for the New York Times and knows the ins and outs of the Masterpiece Cakeshop...
25 Nov 201733min
