Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

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  • Foreign in a Domestic Sense

    Kate speaks with Juan Perla and Neil Weare about United States v. Vaello-Madero, which will be argued before the Supreme Court on November 9th. US citizens who are otherwise eligible for SSI benefits are denied solely because they live in Puerto Rico-- a US territory. Does this denial violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?

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    • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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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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      29 min
    • Some Geniuses

      Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap the oral arguments in the S.B. 8 cases on Monday, November 1st.

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      • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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        53 min
      • That’s Just Like, Your Opinion, Man

        Kate, Melissa, and Leah preview the whopper first week of the November sitting. They are joined by Joseph Blocher, Professor of Law at Duke Law, to discuss NYSRPA v. Bruen.

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        • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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          1 hr 9 min
        • Fatally Unequal

          Melissa talks with Carol Anderson about her book, The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America. This event originally aired as a program by the Commonwealth Club of California back in July, and we're excited to bring it to Strict Scrutiny listeners ahead of Supreme Court arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen on November 3rd.

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          • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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            1 hr 2 min
          • Watch This Space

            A quick breakdown on what the Court did and didn’t do today (Friday, October 22) in the cases against Texas's S.B. 8, which prohibits abortion 6 week's after the pregnant person's last period.

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            • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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              15 min
            • Per My Last Email

              Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap the last week of the October sitting and some developments in the S.B. 8 litigation.

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              • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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                1 hr 8 min
              • Latte Liberal

                Melissa, Leah, and Kate recap the first week of the October sitting.

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                • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
                • 3/7/26 – Los Angeles
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                  1 hr 8 min
                • Troll World Tour

                  Dahlia Lithwick joins us for a preview of this monster term, and a breakdown of … that Alito speech.

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                  • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
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                    1 hr 14 min
                  • Hashtag YOLO

                    Recorded in partnership with the 2021 Texas Tribune festival, Dahlia Lithwick joins us to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s busy summer and do a lightening-round preview of 2.5 cases on the docket for the Court’s upcoming term. 

                    Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 

                    • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
                    • 3/7/26 – Los Angeles
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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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                      34 min
                    • Sounds Legit

                      Leah is joined by Jeannie Suk Gersen and Deeva Shah to discuss an important case, Roe v. United States, about the procedures for addressing workplace misconduct in the federal courts.

                      Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 

                      • 3/6/26 – San Francisco
                      • 3/7/26 – Los Angeles
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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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                        47 min

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