Strict Scrutiny Podcast
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social
SCOTUS podcast (Crooked Media)
Hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, & Kate Shaw
Produced by Melody Rowell
Hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, & Kate Shaw
Produced by Melody Rowell
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ANNOUNCING … THE BAD DECISIONS TOUR!
Presale starts WEDNESDAY (presale code in today’s episode)!
Presale starts WEDNESDAY (presale code in today’s episode)!
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This episode is chaotic in the best possible way.
NEW - we break down the legal messes that are the TX redistricting case & opinions; shenanigans on the Comey indictment; the White House's penchant for sex traffickers ...
... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
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... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This episode is chaotic in the best possible way.
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I talked to Jon Lovett about the dismissal of the Comey and James indictments: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlTY...
BREAKING: Trump Suffers MAJOR LOSS In Court
YouTube video by Pod Save America
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November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I talked to Jon Lovett about the dismissal of the Comey and James indictments: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlTY...
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I was late to read this, but it is such an important piece. Taking stock of ask that has been done, even when there is still much to do, can fuel forward momentum. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for mentioning it)
I took inventory. It looked good.
In 2025 We Showed Up: Notes on Resistance to the Regime
Ayoung white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was late to read this, but it is such an important piece. Taking stock of ask that has been done, even when there is still much to do, can fuel forward momentum. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for mentioning it)
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I had a great time on Strict Scrutiny discussing my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. Thanks to Kate Shaw for interviewing me. #WeTheMen @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I had a great time on Strict Scrutiny discussing my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. Thanks to Kate Shaw for interviewing me. #WeTheMen @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
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My favorite law professor @jillhasday.bsky.social on one of my favorite podcasts! Fabulous!
You can get Prof. Jill Hasday's book WE THE MEN: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality from our friends at bookshop dot org here:
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@jillhasday.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
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@jillhasday.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality
How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality
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November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My favorite law professor @jillhasday.bsky.social on one of my favorite podcasts! Fabulous!
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To add a little more context to the impact of ICE and CBP in Charlotte, many businesses that employ predominantly Latino workers were closed.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To add a little more context to the impact of ICE and CBP in Charlotte, many businesses that employ predominantly Latino workers were closed.
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social
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You know it's going to be a good @strictscrutiny.bsky.social on Chiles v. Salazar (First Am. challenge of a CO law restricting 'conversion therapy' as 'professional conduct') when it starts with "but all of that, of course, assumes that the law is real, and that the Court honors and observes it."
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You know it's going to be a good @strictscrutiny.bsky.social on Chiles v. Salazar (First Am. challenge of a CO law restricting 'conversion therapy' as 'professional conduct') when it starts with "but all of that, of course, assumes that the law is real, and that the Court honors and observes it."
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Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social appeared on the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.
z.umn.edu/awh3
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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social appeared on the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.
z.umn.edu/awh3
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When you are only 5s in and @leahlitman.bsky.social says
"Don't worry we consume the content for you and are about to report back"
Two things spring to mind.
1. Yep, that's exactly why I listen to this podcast
2. This will mean changing the bulb
For reference: youtu.be/Qa_gZ_7sdZg?...
"Don't worry we consume the content for you and are about to report back"
Two things spring to mind.
1. Yep, that's exactly why I listen to this podcast
2. This will mean changing the bulb
For reference: youtu.be/Qa_gZ_7sdZg?...
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When you are only 5s in and @leahlitman.bsky.social says
"Don't worry we consume the content for you and are about to report back"
Two things spring to mind.
1. Yep, that's exactly why I listen to this podcast
2. This will mean changing the bulb
For reference: youtu.be/Qa_gZ_7sdZg?...
"Don't worry we consume the content for you and are about to report back"
Two things spring to mind.
1. Yep, that's exactly why I listen to this podcast
2. This will mean changing the bulb
For reference: youtu.be/Qa_gZ_7sdZg?...
NEW - we break down the legal messes that are the TX redistricting case & opinions; shenanigans on the Comey indictment; the White House's penchant for sex traffickers ...
... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
a cartoon bird with a long pink tongue sticking out of it 's mouth
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November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NEW - we break down the legal messes that are the TX redistricting case & opinions; shenanigans on the Comey indictment; the White House's penchant for sex traffickers ...
... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
... & more! (including worms)
Then Prof. Jill Hasday joins to chat her book WE THE MEN!
crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
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Prof. @rachelbarkow.bsky.social's book should be required reading for *state* justices, specifically.
Why should state supreme courts blindly follow deeply-flawed rulings responsible for widespread atrocities when they have their own, independent *state* constitutions?? bsky.app/profile/stri...
Why should state supreme courts blindly follow deeply-flawed rulings responsible for widespread atrocities when they have their own, independent *state* constitutions?? bsky.app/profile/stri...
You can get Prof. Barkow's book Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration
here:
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
here:
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration
How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration
bookshop.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Prof. @rachelbarkow.bsky.social's book should be required reading for *state* justices, specifically.
Why should state supreme courts blindly follow deeply-flawed rulings responsible for widespread atrocities when they have their own, independent *state* constitutions?? bsky.app/profile/stri...
Why should state supreme courts blindly follow deeply-flawed rulings responsible for widespread atrocities when they have their own, independent *state* constitutions?? bsky.app/profile/stri...
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I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
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Check it out!
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Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
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November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
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@strictscrutiny.bsky.social ya know, it’s not surprising that she’s the only one paying attention 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social ya know, it’s not surprising that she’s the only one paying attention 🙄
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👍👍
NEW: Kate & Leah go through legal news (POTUS's tariff posts, Epstein emails, & the end of the SNAP case)
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
a woman in a plaid jacket says show us your oates in front of a man in an office
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November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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ICYMI! We managed to go through all of the court’s other November arguments and a smattering of other news….
NEW: Kate & Leah go through legal news (POTUS's tariff posts, Epstein emails, & the end of the SNAP case)
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
a woman in a plaid jacket says show us your oates in front of a man in an office
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November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
ICYMI! We managed to go through all of the court’s other November arguments and a smattering of other news….
NEW: Kate & Leah go through legal news (POTUS's tariff posts, Epstein emails, & the end of the SNAP case)
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
a woman in a plaid jacket says show us your oates in front of a man in an office
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November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
NEW: Kate & Leah go through legal news (POTUS's tariff posts, Epstein emails, & the end of the SNAP case)
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
Then they recap the last two weeks of oral arguments at SCOTUS - including Brett Kavanaugh's meltdown & SCOTUS interest in gutting federal spending programs
crooked.com/podcast/the-...
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At 2025 Texas Tribune Festival…
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
At 2025 Texas Tribune Festival…
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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@strictscrutiny.bsky.social perfect encapsulation of the court
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social perfect encapsulation of the court
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Watch live: Former U.S. Attorney General @ericholder.bsky.social sits down with @profmmurray.bsky.social of NYU Law School. #TribFest25
Watch Eric Holder speak at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival
The former U.S. attorney general sits down with Melissa Murray of NYU Law School at 4 p.m. Friday.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Watch live: Former U.S. Attorney General @ericholder.bsky.social sits down with @profmmurray.bsky.social of NYU Law School. #TribFest25
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Eric Holder says the John Roberts Supreme Court keeps making democracy defeating rulings [such as Citizens United] that do not support our nation’s values and are perverting our democracy.
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Eric Holder says the John Roberts Supreme Court keeps making democracy defeating rulings [such as Citizens United] that do not support our nation’s values and are perverting our democracy.
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No lies detected, @ericholder.bsky.social!
At 2025 Texas Tribune Festival…
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Melissa Murray:“What does it mean to do mid-cycle redistricting?”
Eric Holder: “It means someone is trying to cheat!”
Holder (82nd U.S. A.G.); Murray (Law Prof NYU).
@profmmurray.bsky.social @ericholder.bsky.social @texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
No lies detected, @ericholder.bsky.social!
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A reminder - if you buy LAWLESS (in hard cover) through 11/16, you can enter to win a custom t-shirt!!
LAWLESS purchase link: bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
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LAWLESS purchase link: bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
Giveaway link: forms.gle/b9bouNcuWASh...
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A reminder - if you buy LAWLESS (in hard cover) through 11/16, you can enter to win a custom t-shirt!!
LAWLESS purchase link: bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
Giveaway link: forms.gle/b9bouNcuWASh...
LAWLESS purchase link: bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
Giveaway link: forms.gle/b9bouNcuWASh...
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NEW: We're LIVE from Crooked Con!
Recapping the tariff argument + chatting with Rep. LaMonica McIver, who's being targeted by the administration for doing her job.
Then Steve Vladeck joins to explain what is going on in the litigation over SNAP benefits.
crooked.com/podcast/will...
Recapping the tariff argument + chatting with Rep. LaMonica McIver, who's being targeted by the administration for doing her job.
Then Steve Vladeck joins to explain what is going on in the litigation over SNAP benefits.
crooked.com/podcast/will...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW: We're LIVE from Crooked Con!
Recapping the tariff argument + chatting with Rep. LaMonica McIver, who's being targeted by the administration for doing her job.
Then Steve Vladeck joins to explain what is going on in the litigation over SNAP benefits.
crooked.com/podcast/will...
Recapping the tariff argument + chatting with Rep. LaMonica McIver, who's being targeted by the administration for doing her job.
Then Steve Vladeck joins to explain what is going on in the litigation over SNAP benefits.
crooked.com/podcast/will...