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Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrou

Episodes

Total: 360

Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap some of the cases argued at the Supreme Court last week: Reed v. Goert

Limiting the Inevitable Damage

2022/10/10

Melissa, Kate, and Leah welcome Sam Sankar of Earthjustice and Deuel Ross of NAACP Legal Defense and

How SCOTUS Distorts Democracy

2022/10/3

It feels like we're still processing the end of last term, but alas, the first Monday in October is

Judicial Joyriding

2022/9/26

For the University of Michigan's Homecoming weekend, we held a special live recording for our season

Leah talks with Wilfred Codrington III about his article, "Purcell in Pandemic," which appeared in t

Kate, Leah, and Melissa convene a panel to persuade you that the fight for progressive causes has to

With guests Jamelle Bouie and Carolyn Shapiro, Kate and Leah analyze the fan fiction that is the Ind

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Leah and Melissa for a deep dive into West Virginia v. EPA, the Sup

Somehow, it's only been less than two months since the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade with thei

Women Are Not Without Power

2022/8/15

Even though it's summer, there's a lot to catch up on in the legal world! Leah and Melissa talk with

Hostility to Mercy

2022/8/8

Leah talks with Lee Kovarsky of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas about the S

It's a deep dive into law and religion in this conservative supermajority iteration of the Supreme C

Melissa interviews journalist Joshua Prager about his book, The Family Roe: An American Story. Prage

While the Supreme Court gets all the focus, lower federal courts are just as much in need of reform.

It was a long term. It's over. Leah, Melissa, and Kate recap what all happened, what we maybe learne

The Supreme Court finally finished the OT2021 term-- and it was a doozy. Kate and Leah recap the las

Kate and Leah break down the "free-wheeling, free association analysis" of the Supreme Court's opini

The pace of opinion releases has accelerated considerably as we speed toward the end of June and the

Roe is dead. Now what?

2022/6/25

Today the Supreme Court issued their opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. It ove

How SCOTUS gutted our gun laws

2022/6/24

Today the Supreme Court released its opinion in NYSRPA v. Bruen, saying that the constitutional righ