Fossil Fuel Rules Everything Around Me
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Leah and Melissa for a deep dive into West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court's major climate case last term.Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions T...
29 Aug 202251min
What the Fight After Roe Actually Looks Like
Somehow, it's only been less than two months since the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade with their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. But A LOT has happened since then. To fu...
22 Aug 20221h 23min
Women Are Not Without Power
Even though it's summer, there's a lot to catch up on in the legal world! Leah and Melissa talk with Grace Panetta, who co-wrote a piece for Business Insider on the GOP's plans for state constitutiona...
15 Aug 20221h 17min
Hostility to Mercy
Leah talks with Lee Kovarsky of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas about the Supreme Court's treatment of death penalty cases. Before 2020, there hadn't been a federal execution...
8 Aug 202251min
Law & Religion on the Barrett Court
It's a deep dive into law and religion in this conservative supermajority iteration of the Supreme Court. Kate talks with Micah Schwartzman of UVA and Nelson Tebbe of Cornell about some of the major r...
1 Aug 20221h 2min
The Family Roe: An American Story
Melissa interviews journalist Joshua Prager about his book, The Family Roe: An American Story. Prager spent hours interviewing Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe), her daughters, and other key figures throu...
25 Jul 202257min
How Mitch Rigged the Courts
While the Supreme Court gets all the focus, lower federal courts are just as much in need of reform. Unfortunately, rigging the courts is a game the GOP knows how to play. In this episode, Leah talks ...
18 Jul 202251min
Break Glass in Case of Emergency
It was a long term. It's over. Leah, Melissa, and Kate recap what all happened, what we maybe learned out of it, and what we have to look forward to. For a transcript of this episode go to https://cr...
11 Jul 20221h 14min
