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Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. The show is hosted by three women, Leah Litman, Kate Shaw and Melissa Murray, who...

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All the President’s Henchmen

Huge news for lawyers: You can now listen to Strict Scrutiny for CLE credits in California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virgini...

96:24Aug 17, 2026

Know Your Rights: Copwatching 101

In part one of our two-part Know Your Rights series, Leah speaks with Brooklyn Law School’s Jocelyn Simonson about copwatching. They cover w...

38:33Aug 13, 2026

Sometimes, These F*ckers Lose

Melissa and Justice Correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal sift through the results of last week’s primaries, including good news from Mis...

91:06Aug 10, 2026

Dude Process, Not Due Process

Huge news for lawyers: You can now listen to Strict Scrutiny for CLE! More info at crooked.com/strict_cle Friend of the Pod Emily Amick of E...

89:20Jul 27, 2026

How Bad Is Trump's Attorney General Pick?

Kate brings you a triptych of legal happenings this week. First, the latest news with friend of the pod Katie Phang, including a look at Tod...

86:47Jul 20, 2026

Our Long Road Out of Autocracy

Kate is joined by returning guest and friend of the show, Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and Interna...

87:53Jul 13, 2026

SCOTUS Keeps Rewriting Gun History

Melissa, Leah, and Kate briefly recap the Court’s two major immigration decisions last week (for a deeper dive, check out last week’s emerge...

80:52Jun 29, 2026

Why is SCOTUS Hoarding Opinions?

Leah, Melissa, Kate, and special guest Elie Mystal of The Nation speculate about why the Court is hoarding opinions this late into bad decis...

86:53Jun 22, 2026

The Malicious Incompetence of Trump's DOJ

Kate and Leah cover this week’s three Supreme Court opinions—one featuring a killer Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent—before turning to legal ne...

78:54Jun 15, 2026

Affirmative Action for Mediocre Men

Leah and Melissa break down what may be a new low for the Court: granting Alabama’s request to reinstate racially discriminatory voting maps...

84:14Jun 8, 2026

Ballrooms, ‘Bama and (Very) Bad Behavior

Leah, Kate, and Melissa recap another busy week in legal news, covering the continued fallout from the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v....

97:49Jun 1, 2026

How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare

Kate and Leah break down the Supreme Court’s extension of a stay allowing for continued mail-order access to mifepristone, from the Court’s...

104:06May 18, 2026

The Constitution (Melissa's Version)

Kate & Leah talk to Melissa about her new book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader , or, as we...

102:37May 11, 2026

Supreme Court Declares Racism Over

The 5th Circuit gave us a doozy late on Friday night by tightening access to the abortion drug mifepristone—Leah and Melissa break it down....

91:38May 4, 2026