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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Death Penalty Dust-Ups at the High Court


The robes are on but the gloves are off when it comes to capital punishment.


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 April 13, 2019  49m
 
 

Kavanaugh and Kagan Had a Moment


Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern unpack the arguments in the North Carolina and Maryland gerrymander cases heard by the Supreme Court this week, and Aaron Belkin of advocacy group Pack the Courts tells us why packing the courts is becoming a serious topic in the Democratic presidential race. Please let us know what you think of Amicus. Join the discussion of this episode on Facebook. Our email is amicus@slate.com.


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 March 30, 2019  1h10m
 
 

Lawyers are Tackling our Democracy Problem Via the Take Care Clause


Dahlia Lithwick pans back this week to assess what’s holding and what’s buckling in terms of norms and institutions, two years and change into the Trump presidency. She’s joined by Ian Bassin of Protect Democracy, a new kind of litigation shop looking at global trends toward authoritarianism and trying to resist those trends in the United States.


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 March 16, 2019  1h3m
 
 

The Case Regarding the So-Called Emergency


Dahlia Lithwick is joined by conservative lawyer Stuart Gerson and finds common ground over the President’s declaration of a national emergency so he can build the wall. And Leah Litman helps us take a lawyerly look at Michael Cohen’s testimony before congress this week.


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 March 2, 2019  1h4m
 
 

Parsing the Shadow Docket


What recent seemingly procedural SCOTUS decisions can tell us about substance.


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 February 16, 2019  56m
 
 

Amicus Presents: The Pre-Crime Unit


Predictive policing technology is spreading across the country, and Los Angeles is the epicenter. A small group of LA activists are in a lopsided campaign against billions of dollars in city, federal, and Silicon Valley money using algorithms to predict where and when the next crime is going to occur, and even who the perpetrators are going to be. Today, AMICUS is here to introduce you to Hi-Phi Nation, a new podcast from Slate...


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 February 9, 2019  48m
 
 

What Did We Learn From The Trans Ban Injunction Decision?


Lambda Legal’s Sharon McGowan on their setback at SCOTUS.


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 February 2, 2019  59m
 
 

We’re Back to Where Mueller Began: Counterintelligence


Yale’s Asha Rangappa takes us inside “the spy stuff.”


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 January 19, 2019  51m
 
 

The Threat of National Emergency


What would a national emergency look like, and why hasn't Trump declared one yet? Dahlia Lithwick has answers and joins What Next, Slate's new daily news podcast, Plus: Was it weird that Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn't at work this week? Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson and Jayson De Leon...


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 January 11, 2019  21m
 
 

Chief Justice John Roberts, a Rock, and a Hard Place


How will the chief justice reconcile his conservatism with his institutionalism in a divided court?


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 January 5, 2019  1h1m