Unprincipled and Inconsistent Voting Rights Shenanigans
Leah talks with Wilfred Codrington III about his article, "Purcell in Pandemic," which appeared in the NYU Law Review. The Purcell Principle comes from a 2006 Supreme Court case about what makes an ap...
19 Sep 202252min
Please Pay Attention to State Courts and Constitutions
Kate, Leah, and Melissa convene a panel to persuade you that the fight for progressive causes has to include state courts and state constitutions. To get the lay of the land and identify the challenge...
12 Sep 202257min
Debunking the Independent State Legislature Fantasy
With guests Jamelle Bouie and Carolyn Shapiro, Kate and Leah analyze the fan fiction that is the Independent State Legislature "Theory" (emphasis on the quotation marks), which threatens to take the m...
5 Sep 202254min
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
