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December 20, 2021Our Favorite Things, 2021
Leah, Melissa, and Kate round out 2021 with a discussion of their favorite things.

To wear
Wool leg warmers from Lunya
Washable silk pajamas from Lunya
True Botanicals
Kari Gran mini kit
The Lady Doth Etsy shop
Taylor Swift merch

To read
My Monticello, by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker
The Women of Troy, by Pat Barker
The 1619 Project
Born on the Water, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson
How to be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, by Sarah Cooper

To eat
This Little Goat
Sugargoat
Levain Bakery cookie assortment

To support women journalists
Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Plus
Alexandra Petri - Washington Post
Rebecca Traister and Irin Carmon - New York Magazine and The Cut
Erinn Haynes and Shefali Luthra - The 19th

To smell
Parks Project-- like this Yosemite Lodgepole Pine Candle

To spoil your dog
The Farmer’s Dog food
Buck Bones
Stuffing free toys
DIY sock bottle

And of course, to rep your favorite podcast
Strict Scrutiny merch

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44 min
December 13, 2021The Marshmallow Experiment
We recap the second week of the December sitting, which is (more than) enough to justify a break for the New Year!
Resources:
Michele Goodwin's powerful op-ed in the New York Times: "I Was Raped by My Father. An Abortion Saved My Life."
Liliana Segura's reporting on Barry Jones, whose case was consolidated with Shinn v. Ramirez
Nelson Tebbe's 2008 article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, "Excluding Religion"
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1 hr 29 min
December 10, 2021A Uterus, If You Can Keep It
Commander Vladeck returns to break down what the Supreme Court’s decision in the SB8 case does and doesn’t mean. (Spoiler alert: Nothing good!)

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42 min
December 06, 2021Let's Be Legends
Tiffany Wright joins the show to recap last week’s oral arguments and to preview the second week of the December sitting... hijinks ensue.
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Resources:
"Texas Abortion Law Complicates Care for Risky Pregnancies," by Roni Caryn Rabin. New York Times, November 26, 2021.
"The Judge Who Told the Truth About the Mississippi Abortion Ban," by Reynolds Holding. The Atlantic, November 30, 2021.
Amicus brief by the Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic
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1 hr 12 min
December 02, 2021Fourth Dimension Feminism
Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi case that banned abortion after 15 weeks.

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1 hr 9 min
November 29, 2021Sad Girl Autumn
It’s sad girl autumn at the Supreme Court -- Melissa, Kate, and Leah preview the upcoming cases, including the frontal challenge to Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and discuss the Court’s lack of action on the S.B. 8 cases.

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54 min
November 22, 2021At Liberty: This Fall’s Fight Against Forced Pregnancy
In October, Melissa joined the ACLU's podcast At Liberty to discuss the state of abortion rights in Texas and the rest of the nation. We're thrilled to bring the conversation to Strict Scrutiny listeners as well.
The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear challenges to some state laws restricting abortion, including a case from Mississippi that directly challenges the 1973 precedent set in Roe v. Wade. Given the court’s conservative super majority, many legal experts are warning that access to abortion may hang on Congressional action. The Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill that could legally enshrine the right to abortion care, passed the House on September 24th but faces a battle in the Senate.
Melissa's co-panelists are Imani Gandy, senior editor at the Rewire News Group and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered, and Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project. Molly Kaplan hosts.

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41 min
November 15, 2021Self-Own Sam
Professor Lisa Eskow joins the podcast to discuss some Justices’ willingness to engage in ecclesiastical whack-a-mole in Ramirez v. Collier. There are also birthday wishes, Big Bird (and other birds), kale shops, and more!

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1 hr 13 min
November 11, 2021Have They Heard of Frat Houses?
Leah talks to Ahilan Arulanantham about the argument in FBI v. Fazaga, the case challenging the government’s surveillance of the Muslim community in Southern California.

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32 min
November 08, 2021Arbitration Rat
Melissa, Leah, & Kate recap the remaining cases from the first week of November -- and focus on Houston Community College and NYSRPA v. Bruen, which raises the question whether NYU has a campus. (It does.)

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1 hr 10 min