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

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Bad History Will Kill America

The Supreme Court just wrapped the term with a blitz of extremely consequential decisions, and the smoke hasn’t cleared yet. (In fact, it’s...

57:49Jul 4, 2026

A Constitutional Travesty Narrowly Avoided

It was a weird and wild ride as the Supreme Court handed down the last decisions of the term that started all the way back in October of 202...

14:32Jun 30, 2026

Preview: Trump Can Fire (Almost) Anyone Now

The end is nigh! Or, the end of this Supreme Court term is nigh, at least. On the second to last day of this term, the court’s right wingers...

8:47Jun 29, 2026

The Roberts Court Shows Its True Colors

Donald Trump ran for office threatening to use mass deportations, closed borders, and emergency wartime powers to “clean up” American immigr...

1:08:47Jun 27, 2026

Guns, Weed, and the Forgotten Framers

The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous ruling this week in United States v. Hemani , holding that a marijuana user cannot be stripped of...

1:02:25Jun 20, 2026

A Huge Shift is Underway at SCOTUS

The Second Reconstruction is being dismantled piece by piece, and this past month has seen that project attain terminal velocity. On this we...

48:04Jun 13, 2026

Concrete Plans to Restore Law, after Trump

One of the challenges of modern legal journalism is recalling that case law, doctrine, and Supreme Court decisions aren’t a complete picture...

1:03:35Jun 6, 2026

The Myth of John Roberts vs. Donald Trump

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, Slate’s dynamic legal duo, preview the final weeks of the Supreme Court term. It’s a “three-ring circ...

1:04:21May 30, 2026

Return of the Abortion Pill Wars

This week on Amicus, hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern break down a whirlwind stretch of reproductive rights legal battles, from t...

1:07:06May 16, 2026

The “Civility” Problem for Judges

Over the last few years, there’s been an undeniable uptick in threats against American judges and their families: they’ve been doxxed, swatt...

1:02:01May 9, 2026

Racism’s Over and Seashells Can Be Deadly

Dahlia Lithwick reviews what has been an “exceptionally bad week” for American democracy. Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade explains why...

1:03:15May 2, 2026

MAGA Media Law 101

As journalists, a-listers, and some of the most vociferous critics of journalism from the Trump administration gather for the White House Co...

1:03:43Apr 25, 2026

Time to Impeach Trump Again?

The events of the past week have revealed a terrifying disconnect between the constitutional remedies available to us and the gravity of the...

1:06:12Apr 11, 2026

Was it Worth it, Pam?

It was a rough week for two of the top lawyers in the Trump administration, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer pair ... Ever since Donald Tru...

53:03Apr 4, 2026