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

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April 18 · 54 min
Trump Thwarted, Orban Toppled: The New Roadmap for Democrats
Norm Eisen on the lessons learned in Hungary and their application to this moment in American history.
April 11 · 1 hr 6 min
Time to Impeach Trump Again?
Congressman Jamie Raskin says we need an urgent constitutional update to cope with an utterly out of control president.
April 4 · 53 min
Was it Worth it, Pam?
Bidding farewell to the worst Attorney General in history (so far).
April 1 · 5 min
Preview: A Blowout for Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS
Trump’s executive order that would strip citizenship from untold millions of future Americans fell flat on its face at SCOTUS, and the president was there to see it.
March 28 · 53 min
Trump Has a Plan for the Midterms, SCOTUS May Help
At what point are we no longer a democracy?
March 21 · 53 min
The Roberts Court’s Internal Reckoning
The Supreme Court’s shadow docket antics have fractured the judiciary, now internal tensions are spilling out in public and onto the docket.
March 14 · 51 min
Immigration Myths and Birthright Citizenship
Your guide to defending the Constitution from bad originalism
March 7 · 49 min
Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS
An unholy alliance between the Roberts majority and the Trump administration is demolishing the separation of church and state.
March 2 · 7 min
Preview: This War is Obscenely Illegal
Trump’s boosters and even legal establishment figures may argue the illegality doesn’t matter. Here’s why it does.
February 28 · 58 min
Yes, Supreme Court Decisions Really Matter
No, that doesn’t mean the wizards in robes are doing magic. The former Solicitor General of the United States puts the tariffs case in its legal realism context.
February 21 · 1 hr 15 min
Trump’s Tariffs Overturned
Our long national tariff nightmare is over, but do we get our money back?
February 14 · 1 hr 19 min
The Concentration Camp Next Door
The Trump administration has weaponized immigration detention against America
February 7 · 50 min
Trump Has a New “Big Lie” for the Midterms
The sorest loser’s plans to mess with November’s elections are coming into view.
January 31 · 47 min
Legal Blinkers, Moral Hazards
Clinging to the law might produce some carefully worded memos – it won’t protect your rights in this perilous moment.
January 24 · 50 min
Who Gave ICE Permission to Trample the Constitution?
The Supreme Court’s expanding doctrine of qualified immunity is swallowing your constitutional rights whole
January 21 · 9 min
Preview: Fed Up
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices feel very differently about handing unrestrained powers to the president when their 401(k)s are at stake.
January 17 · 1 hr 6 min
Invoking the Insurrection Act
President Trump’s been itching to invoke this 200-year-old law unleashing the military against American civilians. But what can the troops actually do in Minnesota?
January 10 · 1 hr 1 min
Renee Good and Trump’s Age of Immunity
Tracing the killing in Minneapolis and Trump’s imperial ambitions back to the desk of John Roberts.
January 3 · 56 min
The Fast Track To Autocracy
Almost a year on, predictions from an expert on the law of autocracy about Trump’s American takeover have proven eerily prescient.
Dec 27, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025
Hopes of moderation evaporated as the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority laser-focused on one thing in 2025. It’s only going to become more obsessed in 2026.

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

Trump Thwarted, Orban Toppled: The New Roadmap for Democrats

Time to Impeach Trump Again?

Was it Worth it, Pam?

Preview: A Blowout for Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS

Trump Has a Plan for the Midterms, SCOTUS May Help

The Roberts Court’s Internal Reckoning

Immigration Myths and Birthright Citizenship

Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS

Preview: This War is Obscenely Illegal

Yes, Supreme Court Decisions Really Matter

Trump’s Tariffs Overturned

The Concentration Camp Next Door

Trump Has a New “Big Lie” for the Midterms

Legal Blinkers, Moral Hazards

Who Gave ICE Permission to Trample the Constitution?

Preview: Fed Up

Invoking the Insurrection Act

Renee Good and Trump’s Age of Immunity

The Fast Track To Autocracy

What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025