Strict Scrutiny

By Crooked Media

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa ... more

4.6

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How many episodes does Strict Scrutiny have?

The podcast currently has 364 episodes available.

Strict Scrutiny episodes:

April 05, 2023The Arrest is History
It’s a Strict Scrutiny and Pod Save America crossover! Jon, Jon, and Tommy get together with Leah and Kate to talk about Donald Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan criminal court, and the legal jeopardy he faces now that he’s been charged with 34 felony counts.
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
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Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
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37min
April 03, 2023The Supreme Importance of Wisconsin's Election
Kate and Leah host Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Rebecca Dallet and Jill Karofsky in a live show at the University of Wisconsin Law School. On April 4th, Wisconsin voters will decide who will fill an open state Supreme Court seat, which could give liberals a majority on the high court for the first time since 2008. What issues are on the table? Abortion and voter rights, to name a few. The hosts also recap recent Supreme Court arguments.
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Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
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Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
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1h 9min
March 27, 2023Is It Infringement If It's Funny?
Strict Scrutiny takes Hawaii! Senator Mazie Hirono joins Kate, Leah, and Melissa for a live show at the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law. We catch up on the latest in anti-abortion legislation, recap the Supreme Court's arguments from last week (including the Jack Daniels'/poop jokes case), and discuss a first-of-its-kind opinion out of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
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Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
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Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
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1h 2min
March 20, 2023Fueling the Conservative Grievance Machine
Melissa, Leah, and Kate preview three Supreme Court cases up for argument this week. The cases focus on water rights on Indian reservations, the constitutionality of a federal law that prohibits people from encouraging unlawful immigration, and Jack Daniels (yes, the alcohol company) suing a dog toy company over a poop-related joke. Plus, a new venture from Leonard Leo provides some insight into what conservatives think liberals sit around doing all day.
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For a transcript of this episode, go to crooked.com/strictscrutiny
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
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...more
1h 8min
March 13, 2023Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable
First things first: WE WON AN AMBIE! Leah, Kate, and Melissa gather to raise a glass and celebrate this huge honor. Then, Kate and Melissa talk with Joanna Schwartz about her new book, Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable. Plus, a quick overview of what we expect from the Supreme Court before it ends its term in late June.
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Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
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...more
1h 16min
March 06, 2023Ascertaining the Majorness of Student Debt Relief
What’s going to happen to the federal student debt relief plan? Melissa, Leah and Kate give listeners some answers as they break down last week’s Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases blocking 20 million borrowers from seeing between $10,000 and $20,000 of forgiveness on their federal student loans. They also discuss how those arguments could affect a pending federal court ruling that could force the FDA to reverse its approval of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortion.
Listen to last week’s episode previewing the student debt relief cases
Listen to this episode on the federal court case regarding the FDA approval of mifepristone.
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Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
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1h 19min
February 27, 2023Not the Nine Greatest Experts on the Internet
Leah and Kate recap the arguments in the big Internet cases the Supreme Court heard last week. Plus, they look ahead to the upcoming arguments in the student debt cancellation cases-- and to an election in Wisconsin that you should all be watching.
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Follow Crooked Media on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers, and other community events.
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
...more
1h 3min
February 20, 2023Will the Supreme Court break the Internet?
Danielle Citron, author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age, joins Leah and Melissa to preview two Supreme Court cases that ask whether online platforms should be held liable for user-uploaded content. Plus, more drip-drip-drip from the investigation of the Dobbs leak.
Read The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (use promo code STRICT10 for 10% off!)
Read The Onion's incredible amicus brief
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
...more
1h 3min
February 13, 2023The Originalist Case for Terrorizing Women
Leah and Kate talk to Jessica Valenti, writer of the Substack newsletter “Abortion, Every Day,” which documents the rapidly changing landscape of abortion rights in the U.S. after Dobbs. Plus, they highlight a federal court opinion that would allow people facing domestic violence orders to possess guns, and President Biden’s (brief) State of the Union comment about vetoing any national abortion ban legislation.
Listen to "How SCOTUS gutted our gun laws," about the Supreme Court's recent ruling that the constitutional right to carry a gun extends beyond the home
Listen to "What the Fight After Roe Actually Looks Like," which recapped the first two months of a post-Dobbs world
Listen to "Roe is dead. Now what?," which captured our immediate reaction to the Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
...more
58min
February 06, 2023The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage
Melissa and Kate talk with Sasha Issenberg, journalist and political science professor at UCLA, about his book The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. Issenberg offers a glimmer of hope about the lasting legality of same-sex marriage, even in light of Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in Dobbs. But he warns about the dangerous exemptions that could be carved out through 303 Creative, which the Supreme Court has yet to issue an opinion on, but foreshadowed in its Hobby Lobby opinion.
Buy your own copy of The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage (use STRICT10 for 10% off!)
Read an excerpt of The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage
Listen to our episode recapping arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!
10/4 – Chicago
Learn more: http://crooked.com/events
Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com
Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
...more
46min

FAQs about Strict Scrutiny:

How many episodes does Strict Scrutiny have?

The podcast currently has 364 episodes available.

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