27 MAY. 2024 · There are more red flags flying from House Alito! Plus, that same guy authored an opinion in a major voting discrimination case, and somehow it's worse than expected. Plus, Melissa and Kate talk with Shefali Luthra about her important new book, https://bookshop.org/p/books/undue-burden-life-and-death-decisions-in-post-roe-america-shefali-luthra/20675237?ean=9780385550086. - New merch alert!! Our new https://store.crooked.com/collections/strict-scrutiny/products/time-for-some-bad-decisions-t-shirt and https://store.crooked.com/collections/strict-scrutiny/products/time-for-some-bad-decisions-mug are just thing for the hellscape to come in the final weeks of the SCOTUS term. - Order Undue Burden at https://www.bookshop.org/strict24 and get 10% off - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

20 MAY. 2024 · Leah and Melissa catch up on the Alitos' upside-down flag situation, an opinion preserving the funding structure of the CFPB, and a racial gerrymandering case out of Texas. - Read https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html on the Alitos' flag - Revisit our https://crooked.com/podcast/not-especially-judicious/ in the case challenging the CFPB - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

13 MAY. 2024 · Victoria Wenger of NAACP-LDF joins Kate and Leah for an update on the four years of litigation trying to get fair voting maps for Louisiana residents. Then, a major update on a group of federal officials who plan to penalize a private institution for failing to censor certain speech-- you'll never guess who! - If you would like to make a donation in honor of https://www.instagram.com/p/C6zlha7Axpx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==, Leah's student who recently passed away, you can do so at http://www.ruckercollierfoundation.com/ - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

25 MAR. 2024 · Steve Vladeck joins Kate and Leah for the play-by-play of what happened with SB4, Texas's restrictive and extreme anti-immigration law that wound up on the U.S. Supreme Court's shadow docket. Kate and Leah also recap the oral arguments in cases about the First Amendment and social media, the NRA, and the types of evidence allowed in trials. - Get your tickets to Strict Scrutiny Live https://www.ticketweb.com/event/strict-scrutiny-howard-theatre-tickets/13652433?pl=howardtheatre&refid=artist, or head to http://crooked.com/events for more info. - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

18 MAR. 2024 · The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on two First Amendment cases that ask whether the REAL victims of government coercion today are… conservatives with fringe views! Leah, Melissa, and Kate preview those cases, along with the mifepristone case the Court will hear next week. Plus, they do a deep dive on how SCOTUS uses the shadow docket to clear the way for executions. - Strict Scrutiny is headed back to DC for another live show! Get your presale tickets NOW with the code SCRUTINY. Head to http://crooked.com/eventsfor more info! --> https://www.ticketweb.com/event/strict-scrutiny-howard-theatre-tickets/13652433?pl=howardtheatre&refid=artist - Here's https://crooked.com/podcast/the-supreme-courts-second-amendment-mess/ in which we called pretty much the entire outcome of the Title X family planning program case in the Fifth Circuit - ICYMI, Melissa's book with Andrew Weissmann, https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200, hit #1 on the New York Times' Bestseller List! If you haven't gotten your own copy, code STRICT10 will get you 10% off at https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200 - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

11 MAR. 2024 · Our very own Melissa Murray has a new book out with co-author Andrew Weissmann-- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200-- and it was an instant New York Times bestseller. Melissa and Andrew talk with Kate and Leah about the book and what they hope readers take from it. Plus, for a special court culture segment, Leah talks with Barb McQuade about her book, https://bookshop.org/p/books/attack-from-within-how-disinformation-is-sabotaging-democracy-and-the-rule-of-law-barbara-mcquade/20068804?ean=9781644213636. - Buy https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200 and https://bookshop.org/p/books/attack-from-within-how-disinformation-is-sabotaging-democracy-and-the-rule-of-law-barbara-mcquade/20068804?ean=9781644213636 from Bookshop.org-- code STRICT10 at checkout gets you 10% off! - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

5 MAR. 2024 · The Supreme Court released its opinion in Trump v. Anderson, saying Colorado and other states can't disqualify Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Kate, Melissa, and Leah break down the (expected) outcome, the (heinous) reasoning and what it means going forward. One guess as to which justice has BDUE (big Dolores Umbridge energy). - Listen to our recap of the oral arguments in the episode "https://crooked.com/podcast/scotus-has-their-own-theories-about-trumps-eligibility/" - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

4 MAR. 2024 · Leah and Kate analyze the ramifications of the Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump's immunity case... seven whole weeks from now. They also recap the arguments in a case about whether the federal government can ban bump stocks, a device that turns a semi-automatic rifle into, essentially, a machine gun. Plus, https://law.stanford.edu/evelyn-douek/ joins the pod to recap arguments in a case about whether social media content moderation is censorship and therefore violates the First Amendment.  - Listen to evelyn's podcast, https://law.stanford.edu/evelyn-douek/moderated-content/ - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

26 FEB. 2024 · Looks like we have to add a new segment to the show: Fetal Personhood Watch. Leah, Melissa, and Kate break down the decision from the Alabama Supreme Court that ruled frozen embryos used in IVF treatment are "extrauterine children." They also recap the oral arguments the US Supreme Court heard last week, including a bonkers case about EPA regulations. And then, for a special Court Culture segment, Sherrilyn Ifill joins the pod to talk about launching a new center about the Fourteenth Amendment at Howard University School of Law. - Listen to our episode with Michele Goodwin from August 2022, "https://crooked.com/podcast/what-the-fight-after-roe-actually-looks-like/" - Listen to our episode with https://jessica.substack.com/ from February 2023, "https://crooked.com/podcast/the-originalist-case-for-terrorizing-women/" - Watch Melissa and Kate on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyko6M-g2o! - Order Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann's new book, https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200 - Code STRICT10 at checkout gets you 10% off! - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social

19 FEB. 2024 · 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, "https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-137/dobbs-and-democracy/" - Read Melissa's article from the Houston Law Review, "https://houstonlawreview.org/article/77663-children-of-men-the-roberts-court-s-jurisprudence-of-masculinity" - Pre-order https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trump-indictments-the-historic-charging-documents-with-commentary-andrew-weissmann/20640977?ean=9781324079200, by Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann (code STRICT10 gets you 10% off at check-out!)  - Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en, https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_, https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast, and https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social