What Fresh Hell Will This Supreme Court Term Bring?
It's the start of a new Supreme Court term... and the start of Strict Scrutiny's fifth season! While the cases ahead may seem technical and boring, they're actually quite significant. Melissa, Kate, a...
2 Okt 202356min
Will the Government (as we know it) Still Be Constitutional?
Do you feel that chill in the air? It’s almost the first Monday of October and that means a new SCOTUS term! You may still be recovering from the last one (don’t worry, we are too) but Melissa, Kate a...
25 Sep 202352min
Lights, Camera, SCOTUS!
On September 22, Showtime and Paramount+ will release the first episode of Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court. And if you tune in, you might recognize a few faces and voices. Documentari...
18 Sep 202356min
KBJ's Rookie Year
Being a Supreme Court podcast means we spend much of the year in dystopia. So just this once, let's look at the silver lining that is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Amir Ali, executive director of the...
11 Sep 20231h 5min
After Affirmative Action
Juvaria Khan, founder of The Appellate Project, joins Melissa, Kate, and Leah to catch up on the fallout of the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision in June. Then, Melissa talks with Justice Go...
4 Sep 202346min
Can These Courts Be Reformed?
Melissa, Leah, and Kate invite two guests to zoom out and analyze how the current Supreme Court got to be the way that it is... and what progressives are doing to push back. Michael Waldman, author of...
28 Aug 20231h 14min
The Aesthetic Enjoyment of Other People’s Uteruses
Easha Anand of Stanford's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic joins Kate, Melissa, and Leah to lay out what SCOTUS has been up to in the world of criminal law. But first, Kate and Leah analyze the Fifth C...
21 Aug 20231h 28min
The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act
It's been 10 years since the Supreme Court started to dismantle the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in Ame...
14 Aug 20231h 6min
