Amicus

A legal podcast with Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick.

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About the Show

A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America.

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A Hair-Raising SCOTUS Curtain-Raiser

As Justice Jackson takes her seat, a court gone wild gets back to work.

Listen to Lady Justice

A high-water mark for women and the law, and then a great unraveling.

The Sound of Worms Turning

Good for the rule of law, bad for the former guy.

Lady Justice and Charlottesville Nazis

Roberta Kaplan on women, the law, and holding white supremacists accountable.

The Law v. Lawless Edition

Mary Trump and Norm Ornstein sift through the Mar-a-Lago files

The Clash Between Privacy and Freedom of the Press

Amy Gajda takes us through the history of privacy rights to find the sweet spot between dignity, secrecy, journalism, and ethics.

Judge Victoria Pratt’s “the Power of Dignity”

Amicus goes to municipal court to find a fairer way to deliver justice with the groundbreaking Judge Victoria Pratt.

What the Dobbs Decision Means to Me

Heidi Schreck on hope and action when the law fails.

Eric Holder’s Supreme Court Protest

President Obama’s attorney general reveals why he decided to boycott SCOTUS.

A Supreme Court Term Like No Other

At the Amicus breakfast table, chewing over the start of a new reactionary era at the Supreme Court.

SCOTUS Wraps, Precedent Collapses, and KBJ Takes Her Oath

Dorothy Roberts on what’s deadly, deliberate, and deeply rooted in Dobbs, and Amy Westervelt on how the court is just getting started with West Virginia v. EPA.

Bonus: Praying at the 50 Yard Line and Dunking on the Libs

The Supreme Court’s alternative facts in the Coach Kennedy case

Just Doing the Job They Were Put on the Court to Do

Crushing, predictable decisions from SCOTUS at the dawn of an alarming new era.

Bonus: Carson v. Makin

So long, establishment clause.

Somewhere John Roberts Is Screaming Into an Expensive Pillow

How does SCOTUS even operate in this environment?

The Jan. 6 Committee Revelations You Might Have Missed

Just Security’s Ryan Goodman on the “sleeper” stories from Thursday night

Our Guns Problem Is a Democracy Problem

The Supreme Court is set to deliver a devastating blow to gun safety

When a Shooter Comes to Your School

A rebroadcast of Dahlia Lithwick speaking with three educators about surviving gun violence at their schools, and coming back to the classroom afterward.

Why the Coming Jan. 6 Hearings Are So Important

Ambassador Norm Eisen on the next chapter in the battle to save democracy

Learning from Pre-Roe to Navigate Post-Roe

Amicus live with the Crosscut Festival.