Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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Yesterday · 45 min
By The People | Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Everyday activism created a perfect storm at the Supreme Court in 2015. There’s a lot we can learn from it today.
July 25 · 40 min
By the People | For the Children
When freedom was snatched away, Elizabeth Turner’s mother fought back, and changed the Constitution.
July 18 · 41 min
By the People | Who Owns the Constitution?
The Supreme Court would have us believe it alone decides what the Constitution means. That’s not true. It never was.
July 11 · 1 hr
The Term the Court Stopped Pretending
SCOTUS hobbles democracy, grabs more power, and doesn’t even bother to cover its tracks.
July 4 · 57 min
Bad History Will Kill America
With so many shameful decisions to choose from, Dahlia and Mark focus on two that require your immediate attention.
June 30 · 14 min
A Constitutional Travesty Narrowly Avoided
What “winning” looks like at the Roberts court
June 29 · 8 min
Preview: Trump Can Fire (Almost) Anyone Now
On the penultimate day of this term, the Supreme Court handed even more power to an emboldened president, but still won’t trust him with their 401(k)s.
June 27 · 1 hr 8 min
The Roberts Court Shows Its True Colors
Using loopholes and cynical wordplay, the right-wing supermajority delivers a series of devastating decisions on legal immigration, plunging millions of lives into uncertainty.
June 25 · 11 min
Preview: All Gas, No Brakes for this 6-3 Court
SCOTUS just erased the lawful status of more than a million people, capping a banner week of maximalist decisions from the court’s 6-3 supermajority. Brace yourself for next week.
June 20 · 1 hr 2 min
Guns, Weed, and the Forgotten Framers
The Supreme Court unanimously rules a marijuana user has a Second Amendment right to own a gun—and what a buried chapter of constitutional history tells us about democracy's future.
June 13 · 48 min
A Huge Shift is Underway at SCOTUS
Voting rights have gone from a SCOTUS sidebar to the main dish this term, as the right-wing supermajority disassembles the second reconstruction.
June 6 · 1 hr 3 min
Concrete Plans to Restore Law, after Trump
Veteran federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Todd Blanche’s impending uphill battle, plus his proposal for a concrete legal antidote to all the lying in American politics.
June 3 · 13 min
Preview: A Shattering Blow to Fair Elections
SCOTUS' right-wing supermajority just expanded its disastrous Voting Rights Act decision in Callais with an emergency order that guts the 14th Amendment too.
May 30 · 1 hr 4 min
The Myth of John Roberts vs. Donald Trump
This end of term, the Supreme Court is focused on its own power, not the president. That may be a mistake.
May 23 · 1 hr 11 min
Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought
A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed
May 16 · 1 hr 7 min
Return of the Abortion Pill Wars
Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court. Democrats need to make the stakes clear.
May 9 · 1 hr 2 min
The “Civility” Problem for Judges
Two judges weigh in on the mounting threats to an independent judiciary.
May 2 · 1 hr 3 min
Racism’s Over and Seashells Can Be Deadly
It was a devastating week for democracy thanks to the upside down law of the Trump Era
April 29 · 8 min
Preview: The Worst Voting Rights Decision Since Jim Crow
A decades-long project to promote the rights of white Republican voters at the expense of the jewel in the crown of civil rights legislation comes to fruition at SCOTUS.
April 25 · 1 hr 3 min
MAGA Media Law 101
Threats to the only occupation explicitly protected by the constitution - the press - show why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner could not be a worse look right now

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

By The People | Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

By the People | For the Children

By the People | Who Owns the Constitution?

The Term the Court Stopped Pretending

Bad History Will Kill America

A Constitutional Travesty Narrowly Avoided

Preview: Trump Can Fire (Almost) Anyone Now

The Roberts Court Shows Its True Colors

Preview: All Gas, No Brakes for this 6-3 Court

Guns, Weed, and the Forgotten Framers

A Huge Shift is Underway at SCOTUS

Concrete Plans to Restore Law, after Trump

Preview: A Shattering Blow to Fair Elections

The Myth of John Roberts vs. Donald Trump

Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought

Return of the Abortion Pill Wars

The “Civility” Problem for Judges

Racism’s Over and Seashells Can Be Deadly

Preview: The Worst Voting Rights Decision Since Jim Crow

MAGA Media Law 101