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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The Legal Repercussions of the War on Terror

Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, Baher Azmy reflects on how our legal and constitutional axes shifted.

Abortion, Surveillance, and Vigilantism: An American Story

SB 8 is unconstitutional and good to go in Texas (and probably a bunch of other states, too).

Pauli Murray: Lawyer, Poet, Priest, Trailblazer

We’re only just catching up to Pauli Murray.

The Lawlessness of Property and Ownership

Property law isn’t what you think it is, and it doesn’t do what you think it does.

“Braided In”: The Second Amendment and Anti-Blackness

Tracking the Second Amendment through a history rooted in slavery to a present of persistent asymmetry.

A To-Do List for Senate Democrats

Is it too late to tackle the filibuster, voting rights, and the judiciary?

An Elegy for the Voting Rights Act

Democracy is not what this Supreme Court is all about.

Fulton: Bigger Than We Thought?

Religion gains “most favored nation status” at the Supreme Court.

From the Snapchat Cheerleader to Katie Porter’s Whiteboard

Decision time at the Supreme Court, and Rep. Porter on why corruption is a national security issue.

The Conservative Legal Project Comes Home to Roost

Roe-endangering SCOTUS grants, Texas laws, and how we got here.

Rudy and the Death of Truth

Preet Bharara on prosecutions, accountability, and what we can’t move on from in the post-Trump era.

The Verdict, the Video, and the Unreasonable Burden of Proof

George Floyd’s murder and the history of bearing witness while Black in America.

Why Are Republicans Upset About Corporate Free Speech All of a Sudden?

Corporate money in politics, and the right to boycott.

Woulda, Coulda SCOTUS

The modern history of the Supreme Court’s trampling of equality and the decisions that might have changed all that.

Live From South by Southwest, With Sen. Jeff Merkley

Democracy reform, voting rights, and the legislation he hopes will ensure both.

“An Injury to Their Electoral Prospects”

Inside the arguments in a case that could gut voting rights even further.

First Amendment Fallacies

When data-scraping is speech, but whistleblowing isn’t, we might need a new frame.

Impeachment’s Message and Meaning

What we’re learning from the second Senate trial of Donald J. Trump.

Inside Impeachment

A key voice from Impeachment 1.0 on what’s happening with Impeachment 2.0.

The Domestic Terror Arm of MAGA

Counterterrorism should inform the response to Trumpism.