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 Single Most Unremarked Win of the Trump Era


Dahlia is joined by Kristen Clarke, President & Executive Director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to talk about the federal judiciary and how Donald Trump is speedily filling the vacancies on the federal bench.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


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 October 14, 2017  35m
 
 

The Supreme Court Term RBG Is Calling "Momentous"


As next week marks the opening of the 2017 term at the high court, Dahlia Lithwick speaks with David Cole, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, about some of the cases in this upcoming term, including Trump's travel ban, a civil rights case of gay couples versus those of religious dissenters and more...


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 September 30, 2017  49m
 
 

Gerrymandering Goes Back to Court


As is so often the case, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy.


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 September 16, 2017  38m
 
 

Breakfast Table Redux


Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern, and Pam Karlan chew over the Supreme Court term just completed.


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 June 28, 2017  59m
 
 

Nice Little FBI You’ve Got Here. Pity if Something Happened to it.


What counts as “obstruction of justice?” And, should judges pay any attention to Trump’s Twitter feed?


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 June 10, 2017  52m
 
 

Clarence Thomas is Color Blind


The most conservative justice casts a decisive vote to invalidate race-based voting lines.


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 May 28, 2017  43m
 
 

Animus Amicus


A group of law professors tells a federal court that religious bias lies at the heart of Trump’s travel ban.


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 May 13, 2017  52m
 
 

The Myth of the Neutral Expert


In the context of a capital trial, is there any such thing?


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 April 29, 2017  46m
 
 

Playground of Liberty


An important church-state case at the Supreme Court centers on tire scraps repurposed for kids’ play areas.


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 April 14, 2017  53m
 
 

When Prosecutors Keep Mum


Did eight men spend decades in prison for somebody else’s crime? And – a history of confirmation hearings.


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 April 1, 2017  54m