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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What’s Left of Roe v. Wade?

 Exploring the division of opinion in June Medical Services LLC v Russo.

Blockbusters: DACA and Title VII

Dissecting two huge decisions in one Supreme Court week.

Race, Police, and the Law

Where is the justice in this Justice Department?

Immunity, Impunity, and Justice by the Numbers

The financial records cases, who’s getting cut off on the all-new SCOTUS call-in show, and why the law is for suckers.

Big Days for Justice

Bill Barr drops things, SCOTUS phones it in, and Little Sisters intervene.

States’ Rights

Colorado State Attorney General Phil Weiser on cooperative federalism, COVID-19, and faithless electors.

Why, Wisconsin?

Election lawyer Marc Elias on what this week’s election mess can teach us ahead of November.

Protecting Democracy in a Pandemic

What we need to hold onto, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Law of Public Health

Professor Michele Goodwin on holding onto civil liberties when the world turns upside down.

Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good?

Big questions for the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold.

Election Meltdown: The Debrief

Dahlia Lithwick and Rick Hasen on what they’ve learned and what’s changed.

Election Meltdown, Part 5

Doomsday scenarios and hopeful actions in the final part of our voting-rights series.

Election Meltdown: Dale Ho, ACLU

The most significant voting rights case this century.

Election Meltdown, Part 4

Rhetoric and reality: When is it OK to say an election was “stolen”?

Election Meltdown: Professor Brendan Nyhan

How misinformation undermines elections.

Election Meltdown, Part 3

Delving into the big bag of dirty tricks ahead of the 2020 election.

Election Meltdown: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

After failed recounts in 2016, Michigan’s hoping 2020 will be different.

Election Meltdown, Part 2

Paper jams, lost forms, and lost boxes—incompetence and elections.

Impeachment’s Aftermath

Precedents for future presidents, and questions for current citizens.

Election Meltdown—Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap

Inside the defunct voter fraud commission.