
We're Doing S'mores
Leah, Kate, & Melissa run through a bunch of Court adjacent news-- including this Jane Mayer piece about Ginni Thomas-- before highlighting the big cases to watch in the February sitting. Get tickets ...
21 Feb 202254min

Speedy Sonia
Leah's dreams come true with an episode all about a resentencing case, and the meaning of the First Step Act of 2018-- Concepcion v. United States. Tiffany Wright and Easha Anand join in. Get tickets ...
16 Feb 202243min

Party Like It's 1935
Kate, Melissa, and Leah interview Professors Julian Davis Mortenson and Nick Bagley about the nondelegation doctrine. Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 3/6/26 – San...
14 Feb 202252min

Further Erosion
Deuel Ross, senior counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Leah and Kate to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision allowing an election in Alabama to proceed under a legislative map that dilutes ...
9 Feb 202233min

Supreme Ambition
Melissa, Kate, and Leah sit down with Ruth Marcus, the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover. Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 3...
7 Feb 202256min

Mensch On The Bench
Kate, Melissa, & Leah are joined by Dean Risa Goluboff & Tejas Narechania for a retrospective on Justice Breyer. Then FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub joins for a discussion of FEC v. Ted Cruz for Sen...
31 Jan 20221h 16min

Comeback Kid
Our boy Steve is retiring. Here are our thoughts on the timing, his legacy, and potential successors. Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 3/6/26 – San Francisco 3/7/26...
27 Jan 202235min

Putting the Tea in Totenberg
Nina Totenberg joins the podcast to discuss her story that broke the Internet and sent the Court into a statement frenzy. Kate, Leah, and Melissa then break down some of the January arguments and what...
24 Jan 202258min




















