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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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Was it Worth it, Pam?

53 mins; April 04, 2026

Preview: A Blowout for Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS

5 mins; April 01, 2026

Trump Has a Plan for the Midterms, SCOTUS May Help

53 mins; March 28, 2026

The Roberts Court’s Internal Reckoning

53 mins; March 21, 2026

Immigration Myths and Birthright Citizenship

51 mins; March 14, 2026

Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS

49 mins; March 07, 2026

Preview: This War is Obscenely Illegal

7 mins; March 02, 2026

Yes, Supreme Court Decisions Really Matter

58 mins; February 28, 2026

Trump’s Tariffs Overturned

75 hours 6 mins; February 21, 2026

The Concentration Camp Next Door

79 hours 50 mins; February 14, 2026

Trump Has a New “Big Lie” for the Midterms

50 mins; February 07, 2026

Legal Blinkers, Moral Hazards

47 mins; January 31, 2026

Who Gave ICE Permission to Trample the Constitution?

50 mins; January 24, 2026

Preview: Fed Up

9 mins; January 21, 2026

Invoking the Insurrection Act

66 hours 41 mins; January 17, 2026

Renee Good and Trump’s Age of Immunity

61 hours 1 min; January 10, 2026

The Fast Track To Autocracy

56 mins; January 03, 2026

What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025

65 hours 58 mins; December 27, 2025

The Forgotten Lawsuits Targeting Trump’s Worst Abuses

58 mins; December 20, 2025

One Amendment Explains It All

62 hours 47 mins; December 13, 2025

SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America

62 hours 35 mins; December 06, 2025

The Three Faces Of Trumpism

51 mins; November 29, 2025

The DOJ's Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court

56 mins; November 22, 2025

He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm

75 hours 50 mins; November 15, 2025

When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS

61 hours 17 mins; November 08, 2025

The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped

63 hours 26 mins; November 01, 2025

Demolition Man

51 mins; October 25, 2025

Voting Rights, But Mainly for White People

50 mins; October 18, 2025

Trump’s Insurrection Claims Could Lead American Democracy Off a Cliff

52 mins; October 11, 2025

This Will Be Trump’s Best Term at the Supreme Court Yet

59 mins; October 04, 2025

“Color-Blind” Admissions Continue to Hurt Us

80 hours 13 mins; September 27, 2025

Free Speech Is The Enemy of Free Speech, Apparently

49 mins; September 20, 2025

Dear Justice Kavanaugh, “I’m American, Bro”

47 mins; September 13, 2025

How To Fix Our Broken Constitution

52 mins; September 06, 2025

Is The National Guard Coming To Your City?

54 mins; August 30, 2025

Punished For Their Pregnancies

45 mins; August 23, 2025

When Trump Hits New Jersey, This Lawyer Hits Back

47 mins; August 16, 2025

Who Gets Left Out of Originalism?

36 mins; August 09, 2025

Don’t Give Up on the Law Just Yet

48 mins; August 02, 2025

When Unaccountable People Come for Your Vote

44 mins; July 26, 2025

How To Build A Police State (With The Supreme Court’s Blessing)

52 mins; July 19, 2025

The Call Is Coming From Inside The Court

45 mins; July 12, 2025

Opinionpalooza 2025

1 min; July 11, 2025

Opinionpalooza 2025

1 min; July 11, 2025

Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Made it Worse

15 mins; July 05, 2025

Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Made it Worse

15 mins; July 05, 2025

Our All-Star SCOTUS End-of-Term Breakfast Table

55 mins; July 02, 2025

“No Right Is Safe”

49 mins; June 28, 2025

Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court's Worst Move Since Trump Returned to Office

10 mins; June 24, 2025

Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court's Worst Move Since Trump Returned to Office

10 mins; June 24, 2025

The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan

47 mins; June 21, 2025

Bonus: SCOTUS Apparently Doesn’t Believe Trans People Exist

11 mins; June 18, 2025

Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Apparently Doesn’t Believe Trans People Exist

11 mins; June 18, 2025

Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator In Handcuffs

47 mins; June 14, 2025

There Is No Musk-Trump Feud Without The Roberts Court

44 mins; June 07, 2025

Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, Desperate Dealmaking Out Back

12 mins; June 05, 2025

Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, Desperate Dealmaking Out Back

12 mins; June 05, 2025

This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History

68 hours 36 mins; May 31, 2025

The Two Tracks of Justice

69 hours 36 mins; May 24, 2025

SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again

56 mins; May 17, 2025

SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs

61 hours 52 mins; May 10, 2025

The Un-American Project

74 hours 24 mins; May 03, 2025

The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed The Game

68 hours 49 mins; April 26, 2025

Playing Chicken With the Constitution

71 hours 20 mins; April 19, 2025

A Lawyer’s Guide to Not Caving to the President

55 mins; April 12, 2025

The Supreme Court Just Gave The Trump Administration Everything It Wanted—Almost

6 mins; April 08, 2025

Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court Just Gave The Trump Administration Everything It Wanted—Almost

6 mins; April 08, 2025

He Was Deported by Administrative Error. We Talked to His Lawyer.

48 mins; April 05, 2025

Trump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On Voting

69 hours 15 mins; March 29, 2025

The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn This Week

73 hours 3 mins; March 22, 2025

Sneak Preview: An Escalating Constitutional Crisis

9 mins; March 18, 2025

Sneak Preview: An Escalating Constitutional Crisis

9 mins; March 18, 2025

Big Law Stands Up

35 mins; March 15, 2025

The Constitutional Truth At The Heart Of The DOGE Cases

58 mins; March 08, 2025

Sneak Preview: What Trump’s First Big Loss At SCOTUS Means

7 mins; March 05, 2025

Sneak Preview: What Trump’s First Big Loss At SCOTUS Means

7 mins; March 05, 2025

When the Lawyers are Lawless

44 mins; March 01, 2025

Long Live The King?

52 mins; February 22, 2025

The Gangster Presidency

72 hours 28 mins; February 15, 2025

Trying To Undo A Coup, In The Courts

56 mins; February 08, 2025

Trump’s American Takeover

52 mins; February 01, 2025

Extra: The Federal Funding Freeze

38 mins; January 28, 2025

Trump’s Unconstitutional Rampage Against Immigration

59 mins; January 25, 2025

Preview: Deciphering The Lawlessness of Trump’s Executive Orders

12 mins; January 21, 2025

Preview: Deciphering The Lawlessness of Trump’s Executive Orders

12 mins; January 21, 2025

The New Constitutional (dis)Order

54 mins; January 18, 2025

TikTok Is Cooked, Trump Is Sentenced

56 mins; January 11, 2025

Preview: Trump’s Racking Up Supreme Court Loyalty Points

6 mins; January 09, 2025

John Roberts’ New Year Blame Game

60 hours 31 mins; January 04, 2025

Dead Amendment Walking

47 mins; December 28, 2024

Defamation Stations!

43 mins; December 21, 2024

Chris Wray Just Made Way For Something Even Worse Than Kash Patel

57 mins; December 14, 2024

Meet Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s New Roy Cohn

46 mins; December 07, 2024

The Right’s About-Turn on Parental Rights

47 mins; November 30, 2024

Can The Senate Save Us?

40 mins; November 23, 2024

Matt Gaetz And The Clown Car Crash Into The Justice Department

73 hours 19 mins; November 16, 2024

Trump’s Back, This Time Without Guardrails.

44 mins; November 09, 2024

Deep Breath, Here We Go

27 mins; November 06, 2024

The Great Big Pre-Election Freedom and Democracy Show

71 hours 33 mins; November 02, 2024

The 1798 Law Inspiring Trump’s Mass Deportation Dreams

50 mins; October 26, 2024

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