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Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrou

Episodes

Total: 326

Big Dog Energy
2020/10/19

Leah, Melissa, and Kate discuss some of the highlights of the October sitting, as well as the conclu

Not A Mystery
2020/10/15

Leah and Kate recap the first three days of the confirmation hearings so you don’t have to actually

The Red Death
2020/10/12

Leah and Melissa recap the first week of the October sitting, as well as all of the beginning of ter

Fire Season
2020/10/5

Leah, Melissa, and Kate bring their A+ Zoom game to NYU School of Law for a live-ish preview of the

The Women Tell All
2020/9/28

Leah, Melissa, and Kate discuss the President’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judg

In Memoriam
2020/9/21

Leah, Melissa, Kate are joined by Anne Joseph O’Connell,  Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stan

I Want More
2020/9/14

Leah and Melissa interview Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson about their book Shortli

Courts of the Conqueror
2020/9/7

Leah is joined by Liz Reese, a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, for a deep di

What Would Chief Justice Roberts Do?
2020/8/31

Leah, Kate, and Melissa are joined by Dale Ho, director of the Voting Rights Project at the ACLU and

Join Your Conflagrations
2020/8/26

Leah, Kate, and Melissa are joined by Josie Duffy Rice, the President of The Appeal, to discuss the

RERELEASE: Bonus Pod- Melissa Murray on ACLU's "At Liberty"!
2020/8/24

Melissa joins the ACLU's Emerson Sykes for an episode of their podcast, At Liberty. The Supreme Cour

The Civility Alarm
2020/8/17

Leah is joined by Amir Ali and Devi Rao from the Supreme Court & Appellate Program of the MacArthur

Magical Moment
2020/8/10

Leah and Kate are joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of NAACP LDF. They furth

Five-Dimensional Chess
2020/8/3

Melissa talks with CNN's Joan Biskupic, author of The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief J

"Three Generations of Imbeciles"
2020/7/27

Melissa talks with Adam Cohen about his book Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, And Th

How To Train Your Killer Whale
2020/7/20

Leah Melissa, Jaime, and Kate recap the last term -- high points (flushgate), low points (you’ve hea

Diploma Privilege
2020/7/13

Leah is joined by Dr. Pilar Escontrias, one of the founders of United for Diploma Privilege. United

Well Played, Sirs
2020/7/8

*another airhorn* Leah and Melissa break down the Court's major contraception case. Welcome to Gilea

Trollito
2020/7/6

Leah  and Kate discuss four big Supreme Court cases that came down last week (June Medical with spec

Save Your Yarn
2020/6/30

*airhorn* The Supreme Court released the opinion in June Medical Services v. Russo-- this term's big