Strict Scrutiny
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Can These Courts Be Reformed?
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08/28/23 • 74 min
Melissa, Leah, and Kate invite two guests to zoom out and analyze how the current Supreme Court got to be the way that it is... and what progressives are doing to push back. Michael Waldman, author of The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America, provides historical context for other times the Supreme Court has challenged the country. And Brian Fallon, co-founder of Demand Justice, reflects on his tenure as Executive Director as the group challenged Democrats to get on board with judicial reform.
- Order The Supermajority by Michael Waldman at Bookshop.org. Code STRICT10 gets you 10% off!
- Read about Demand Justice's current campaigns for reform
- Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.
- Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
5 Listeners
Florida Becomes a Battleground for Reproductive Rights
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04/08/24 • 64 min
Kate and Leah break down the latest court news with Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large for The 19th and host of The Amendment, including developments in abortion access in Florida and the discourse around whether Justice Sotomayor should retire. Then, Jill Habig of the Public Rights Project and Tyler Yarbro from the Tennessee Freedom Circle join Melissa, Kate, and Leah to talk about the latest conservative effort to control the courts: judicial gerrymandering.
- Listen to Melissa's interview with Errin on The Amendment, talking about the Trump indictments
- Submit a question for our upcoming mailbag episode here!
- Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
5 Listeners
08/05/24 • 87 min
Jon Lovett joins Melissa and Leah to climb inside the mind of one of Project 2025’s biggest boosters: J.D. Vance. It’s nasty in there! Then, Leah and Melissa discuss the proposed SCOTUS reforms. Finally, Leah chats with Olivia Warren and Deeva Shah about misconduct in the federal judiciary–specifically, the investigation into certified creep Judge Joshua Kindred.
5 Listeners
Project 2025: 900 Pages and 100% Deranged
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07/29/24 • 79 min
Leah and Melissa introduce a new series on Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s deranged instruction manual for taking away all of our rights and making everyone’s lives worse. Then, the whole crew is together for a conversation with Dylan C. Penningroth about his book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights.
4 Listeners
Project 2025 (cont.): How to Create a Geopolitical Hellscape & Back to School With Meredith Marks
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08/19/24 • 61 min
Ben Rhodes of Crooked's Pod Save the World joins Leah and Kate to break down Project 2025's truly frightening foreign policy goals. Then, Leah and Melissa are joined by The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Meredith Marks. In addition to braving the "rumors and nastiness" of reality television, Meredith is also a graduate of Northwestern Law School. So who better to help analyze the intersection between reality TV and the law?
4 Listeners
The End of Affirmative Action
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06/29/23 • 62 min
Today the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, declaring admissions programs that consider race to be in violation of the 14th Amendment. Melissa, Kate, and Leah break down the Chief Justice's opinion, Justice Thomas's galling concurrence, and the brilliant dissents by Justice Jackson and Justice Sotomayor.
- Listen to our recap of the hours and hours of oral arguments in these cases: "Affirmative Action Reaction"
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- Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
4 Listeners
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term
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07/08/24 • 75 min
Kate, Melissa, and Leah steel themselves to look back on a truly terrible term for the ages. From SCOTUS’s determined effort to hollow out the administrative state to its cynical dodges on abortion to granting immunity to certain corrupt former presidents, it was a rough ride. Drink, anyone?
- In case you want to hear our predictions for yourself, go back and listen to our term preview from September 2023
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4 Listeners
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From State Courts
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02/19/24 • 77 min
Kate, Melissa, and Leah preview the cases the Supreme Court will hear this week, explain the latest news in the Trump criminal cases, and survey the significant decisions happening in lower courts.
- Read Melissa and Kate's article in the Harvard Law Review, "Dobbs & Democracy"
- Read Melissa's article from the Houston Law Review, "Children of Men: The Roberts Court’s Jurisprudence of Masculinity"
- Pre-order The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary, by Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann (code STRICT10 gets you 10% off at check-out!)
- Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky
4 Listeners
06/29/24 • 66 min
Leah, Melissa and Kate try to wrap their heads around SCOTUS throwing away 40 years of precedent that allowed federal agencies (and the experts who work for them) to interpret ambiguous laws, not the judiciary. The court also made it easier to criminalize homelessness and harder to charge hundreds of January 6th insurrectionists. A tough day on 1 First Street, to say the least.
4 Listeners
Trump Arraigned and Arrested (BONUS episode)
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06/14/23 • 34 min
Former President Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts in the case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents. He was arraigned on Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami, and then he spoke to supporters from his golf club in New Jersey. In this bonus episode, Leah and Kate talk about what to expect for the timeline of the case, reenact part of the indictment by the Department of Justice and more.
Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.
3 Listeners
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FAQ
How many episodes does Strict Scrutiny have?
Strict Scrutiny currently has 327 episodes available.
What topics does Strict Scrutiny cover?
The podcast is about News, Court, Podcasts and Government.
What is the most popular episode on Strict Scrutiny?
The episode title 'Project 2025 (cont.): DEI for Men With Terrible Personalities' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Strict Scrutiny?
The average episode length on Strict Scrutiny is 60 minutes.
How often are episodes of Strict Scrutiny released?
Episodes of Strict Scrutiny are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Strict Scrutiny?
The first episode of Strict Scrutiny was released on Jun 19, 2019.
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