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
BONUS: Strict Scrutiny x Why Is This Happening?
The ladies of Strict Scrutiny join forces with Why Is This Happening?, hosted by Chris Hayes (aka Mr. Kate Shaw).Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “it’s hard not to have a big year at the Su...
19 Jan 20221h 2min
Hot Potato
Payvand Ahdout, Assistant Professor of Law at University of Virginia School of Law and federal courts and post-conviction review expert, joins Leah to debrief the first week of the Court's January arg...
17 Jan 202254min
Putting the F in FDR
Melissa, Leah, and Kate recap the Supreme Court’s opinions invalidating the Biden administration’s test-or-vaccinate policy for employers with more than 100 employees, and the Court’s grudging accepta...
14 Jan 202242min
