Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America. Want more Amicus? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock exclusive SCOTUS analysis and weekly extended episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.

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The End of an Era, and the Cult of the Constitution.


What we lost with the passing of Justice John Paul Stevens, and Mary Anne Franks on what we lose when we unquestioningly revere the nation’s founding document.


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 July 20, 2019  1h1m
 
 

High Crimes and Misdemeanors


Frank Bowman on impeachment--its history and meaning, and whether it’s meant to be so hard.


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 July 6, 2019  1h0m
 
 

Ready, Set, Gerrymander!


A round table round-up of the 2018 Supreme Court term with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, Professor Pam Karlan of Stanford and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School. Analysis of the census case, the gerrymandering cases, and the down-docket items you might have missed, but whose repercussions you won’t.


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 June 29, 2019  42m
 
 

Trumpcast: An Interview With E. Jean Carroll


Dahlia Lithwick joins Trumpcast as a special guest co-host for an intimate conversation with journalist E. Jean Carroll, author of "What Do We Need Men For." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


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 June 28, 2019  39m
 
 

Flowers, Crosses, Clauses and Oaths


Present-tense SCOTUS decision analysis that reaches all the way back to the Magna Carta for context.


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 June 22, 2019  1h6m
 
 

Clarence Thomas Said What?


Adam Cohen on how the Supreme Court Justice picked up his thesis on eugenics, and ran with it, in the opposite direction.


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 June 8, 2019  45m
 
 

“Slouching Toward Gilead”


Surveying legislative assaults on the right to choose, and what guides the chief justice’s thinking about abortion.


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 May 25, 2019  1h8m
 
 

A Judge, on Judging


Federal Court Judge Robert Lasnik of the Western District of Washington on judicial self-governance, racial fairness in the courts and… Quoting Bob Dylan.


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 May 11, 2019  1h4m
 
 

The Fight for LGBTQ Protections Under the Civil Rights Act


Mark Joseph Stern guest hosts and digs into two cases in the Supreme Court this week. First, the court’s questioning if Title VII of the Civil Rights Act extends to LGBTQ protections. Then, the addition of the citizenship question on the 2020 census. Finally, Dahlia interviews Richard Rothestein, author of “The Color of Law”, about the history of residential segregation.  Podcast Production by Danielle Hewitt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


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 April 27, 2019  1h13m
 
 

Extra: Redactionist History


A Mueller report rundown with former Department of Justice spokesperson Matt Miller and Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman


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 April 18, 2019  26m