Amicus
A legal podcast with Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick.
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A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America.
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Defamation Stations!
Journalism will need to lawyer up and build up courage if it’s going to survive Trump’s blizzard of litigation against the fourth estate.
Bonus: Hello, SCOTUS, Goodbye, TikTok?
A giant hulking case lands on the calendar for the new year, also more very bad no good abortion cases are bubbling up through the courts.
Meet Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s New Roy Cohn
Why Trump’s pick for the non-vacant position to lead the FBI is a seriously scary proposition.
Bonus: Neil Gorsuch, Silently Judging
Justice Gorsuch has apparently lost his voice, at least when it concerns the sex discrimination opinion he penned, and the matter of Supreme Court ethics.
Matt Gaetz And the Clown Car Crash Into the Justice Department
Justice and free speech are getting crushed in the name of “justice” and “free speech.”
You Broke It You Bought It, John Roberts
Lower Court Judges’ auditions desperately seek to please dear leader, while Jack Smith shuts off the lights at the January 6th cases.
The 1798 Law Inspiring Trump’s Mass Deportation Dreams
America has left a loaded anti-immigrant gun lying around. A future administration could pick it up and use it against millions of people.
Bonus: Georgia (Phew.) North Carolina (Wut?) Florida (Plot Twist!)
The speech police in Florida appear to be turning on each other
How To Steal A Presidential Election
You asked, we answered. Can Republicans use the law to subvert this year’s election? What can be done to stop that?
Bonus: It’s The First Amendment, Stupid
Ron DeSantis gets slapped in court for trying to censor abortion rights ads. But he’s not done with his attempts to derail Florida’s constitutional amendment to restore reproductive rights.