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Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives. Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New episodes out every Monday… plus bonuses whenever SCOTUS takes away another one of our rights.© Crooked Media. All Rights Reserved. Ciencia Política Ciencias Sociales Filosofía Política y Gobierno
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  • Looking for Bright Spots in the Courts

    Looking for Bright Spots in the Courts
    Sep 22 2025

    Leah is joined by guest co-host Skye Perryman, president & CEO of Democracy Forward, to discuss the week’s news, including the continued pushback on the shadow docket from the lower courts and Trump’s boundless abuse of Article II. Then Kate, Melissa, and Leah — along with special guest Sherrilyn Ifill — take a look at the impact of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, three years into her time on the Supreme Court.

    Favorite things:

    • Skye: Sierra Ferrell
    • Leah: The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon); Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Vanity Fair); Miolin Bakery, Brooklyn; L’Appartement 4F, Brooklyn & Manhattan
    • Kate: Pennsylvania Supreme Court election (get involved at Vote Save America)

    Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!

    • 10/4 – Chicago

    Learn more: http://crooked.com/events

    Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

    Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at http://crookedcon.com

    Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky


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  • How SCOTUS is Making Project 2025 a Reality

    How SCOTUS is Making Project 2025 a Reality
    Sep 15 2025

    Our fearless hosts continue to slog through this sh*tty shadow docket summer, covering an order from the Court okaying racial profiling by ICE officers, some ominous administrative stays, Amy Coney Barrett’s ongoing press tour through right wing media, and the lower courts’ continuing frustrations with this Supreme Court. Then, Leah and Kate speak with special guest Symone Sanders Townsend, co-host of MSNBC’s The Weeknight, about how the Supreme Court is carrying out key parts of Project 2025, and enabling and facilitating other parts of the government to do the same.

    Hosts’ favorite things:

    • Leah: The Guatemalan Children’s Case and the Judicial Learning Curve, Anna Bower (Lawfare); What Should a Lower Federal Court Judge Do When SCOTUS Plays Calvinball? By Michael Dorf (Dorf on Law).
    • Kate: Bonus 177: A Closer Look at Justice Kavanaugh's ICE Raids Opinion, Steve Vladeck (One First); Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Stop Sending Us Money” TikTok
    • Melissa: “Trump’s Treasury Secretary Threatens to Punch Housing Official in the Face,” Maggie Haberman and Shawn McCreesh (Washington Post)

    Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!

    • 10/4 – Chicago

    Learn more: http://crooked.com/events

    Order your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

    Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at http://crookedcon.com

    Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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  • The Lower Courts Punch Up

    The Lower Courts Punch Up
    Sep 8 2025
    Kate, Leah, and Melissa break down how the lower courts are challenging the Trump administration and expressing their frustration with SCOTUS. Then, they check in with two members of the supermajority: Brett Kavanaugh, who’s touting a shiny new shadow docket rebrand, and Amy Coney Barrett as she commences her cursèd book tour. Finally, the hosts speak with Yale Law professor Justin Driver about his book, The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education.Hosts’ and guests’ favorite things:Kate: Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! By Alexandra Petri (The Atlantic); Bonus 176: Law, Lawlessness, and Doomerism, Steve Vladeck (One First); How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart, Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole (NYT)Leah: The DC Circuit’s Realpolitik Orders in the Foreign Aid Funding Case, Chris Geidner; 174. Justice Gorsuch's Attack on Lower Courts & Bonus 174: Playing the Justices for Fools, Steve Vladeck (One First); The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab, Kate Shaw & Ezra Klein (NYT).Melissa: RFK’s Senate Finance Committee hearing; Hijacking the Kennedys, Reeves Waldman (New York Magazine); Nancy Mace: Everything You Didn't Know About Her Sh*tty Past (Crooked’s Hysteria); These Summer Storms, Sarah MacLean; Gwyneth: The Biography, Amy OdellJustin: The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin; Martin Luther King's Constitution: A Legal History of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Randall Kennedy (Yale Law Journal) Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 10/4 – ChicagoLearn more: http://crooked.com/eventsOrder your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad VibesGet tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at http://crookedcon.comFollow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
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Wonderfully detailed and appropriately frustrated. Extremely informative and cathartic listen, I highly recommend this podcast

excellent!!!

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Thank you for your love of constitutional law and for sharing it with us lay persons. You are sublime! Love the podcast!!!❤️

Sublime Ladies

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it's been so great to have actual experts in the field break down the news about the court that I didn't even realize I needed to know. These scholarly sisters of Supreme Court stupidity cover court culture, ridiculous rulings, and circuit court craziness in eli5 ways so simple that even Kavanaugh could understand

The legal eagles to listen go

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This group is both entertaining and informative. I look forward to it on my commute every week.

Excellant podcast.

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What is the ratio of content to advertisements?! Content is good but constantly interrupted by very long and meandering ads.

Waaaay too many commercials!

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I've learned a lot about how the court functions, or is supposed to function, and laughed so much.

Humor and learning

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i love the Dobbs year recap with the guest stars, made my entire week

such a good episode

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Great insights, loads of sarcasm. I look forward to every episode. I used to follow the court on my own but without some legal background it could be really difficult to understand the whys of what's happening.

Love these brainy badass ladies

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As someone who works in government, but is not a lawyer or any kind of legal scholar, this is a great podcast to get a sense of what SCOTUS has done and what it means for the country. The presenters are very easy to listen to and do a great job explaining everything in an accessible way. Definitely getting caught up on back episodes and looking forward to new ones!

Super Accessible for Non-Lawyers

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this podcast is one word awesome im so happy to have found another pro democracy podcast i will be listening with joy thank you for all you do in the fight for our democratic democracy god bless i give it 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Strict Scrutiny kicks major retrumplcan ass 👑🙏

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