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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Religious Liberty and the Right to Vacation in Jackson Hole

The problem isn’t the leaks; it’s the stench

When You Take Away the Kids, You Take Away the Future

The case that seeks to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act is about colonialism, not civil rights.

Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block

Professor Cara McClellan on how the Supreme Court is poised to change access to higher education and David Rothkopf on the Deep State stories you haven’t heard.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy

Moore v. Harper has hit the Supreme Court calendar, and conservative Judge Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm.

Bonus: Time to Celebrate Some Wins

Live in California, Dahlia Lithwick reflects on the progress made in the face of Trumpism.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gives SCOTUS a History Lesson

Inside the voting rights arguments at the high court.

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.