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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 3 hours 13 minutes
Get Ready for the Most Significant Supreme Court Term in a Decade
The justices are tackling abortion, guns, DACA, and LGBTQ rights.
How Donald Trump Weaponizes the Law
From his first real-estate suits all the way to Ukrainegate, Trump’s legal (and extralegal) bag of tricks.
The Clerk’s Eye View of Justice John Paul Stevens
Remembering the late Supreme Court justice with Professors Sonja West and Jamal Greene.
Redefining The Executive Power
Overturning the conventional wisdom on presidential powers with a radical reading of constitutional history.
Lawyers, Who Needs 'Em?
What the lack of legal representation in the civil courts can teach us about justice.
Let's Start with Race
Michele Goodwin on America’s defining issue, and on papering over the gaping holes in the constitution.
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.
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Frank Bowman on impeachment--its history and meaning, and whether it’s meant to be so hard.
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.
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