Strict Scrutiny — Podcast-Werbeanalyse
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Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.
Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives.
Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New episodes out every Monday… plus bonuses whenever SCOTUS takes away another one of our rights.
PodSkip has analyzed 19 episodes of Strict Scrutiny, averaging 9.8 ads per episode (18% of runtime).
Know Your Rights: Do You Have to Talk to Cops?
Aug 27, 2026
In the second episode of our Know Your Rights series, Leah and Melissa sit down with NYU Law’s Daniel Harawa to break down what you do—and don't—have to say when law enforcement stops you. They cover…
What Does Peak Fascism Look Like?
Aug 24, 2026
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All the President’s Henchmen
Aug 17, 2026
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Know Your Rights: Copwatching 101
Aug 13, 2026
In part one of our two-part Know Your Rights series, Leah speaks with Brooklyn Law School’s Jocelyn Simonson about copwatching. They cover what the law says about filming police and federal officers…
Sometimes, These F*ckers Lose
Aug 10, 2026
Melissa and Justice Correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal sift through the results of last week’s primaries, including good news from Missouri and Kansas, with a detour on why Michigan Senate…
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Will Trump Succeed in Rigging the Midterms?
Aug 03, 2026
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Dude Process, Not Due Process
Jul 27, 2026
Huge news for lawyers: You can now listen to Strict Scrutiny for CLE! More info at crooked.com/strict_cleFriend of the Pod Emily Amick of Emily in Your Phone joins Leah to break down the week’s legal…
How Bad Is Trump's Attorney General Pick?
Jul 20, 2026
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 Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation hearing, which certainly…
Our Long Road Out of Autocracy
Jul 13, 2026
Kate is joined by returning guest and friend of the show, Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton, and one of the world’s leading…
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Surveying the Wreckage of This Supreme Court Term
Jul 06, 2026
Melissa, Kate, and Leah take a look back on this Supreme Court term as a whole. The hypocrisy, the racism, the sheer stupidity... it's all here!Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE on November 6th in…
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SCOTUS Just Barely Preserves Birthright Citizenship
Jun 30, 2026
In their second emergency episode in two days, Leah, Melissa, and Kate break down the Court’s final day of the term and folks, it’s a doozy. We’ve got America’s preeminent “father of daughters” Coach…
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SCOTUS Kills Independent Agencies, Expands Presidential Power
Jun 29, 2026
In this emergency episode, Leah and Kate break down today’s incredibly consequential decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook, which followed the Project 2025 playbook to rewrite almost a…
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SCOTUS Keeps Rewriting Gun History
Jun 29, 2026
Melissa, Leah, and Kate briefly recap the Court’s two major immigration decisions last week (for a deeper dive, check out last week’s emergency episode), before digging into the Second Amendment…
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Greenlights Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policies
Jun 25, 2026
In this emergency episode, Kate, Melissa, and Leah unpack the two major immigration opinions handed down by SCOTUS today. The brutal TL;DR, courtesy of Justice Sotomayor: “The consequences of today’s…
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Why is SCOTUS Hoarding Opinions?
Jun 22, 2026
Leah, Melissa, Kate, and special guest Elie Mystal of The Nation speculate about why the Court is hoarding opinions this late into bad decision season before diving deep on the ruling in United…
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The Malicious Incompetence of Trump's DOJ
Jun 15, 2026
Kate and Leah cover this week’s three Supreme Court opinions—one featuring a killer Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent—before turning to legal news, where bad behavior is everywhere. We’ve got a violent…
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Affirmative Action for Mediocre Men
Jun 08, 2026
Leah and Melissa break down what may be a new low for the Court: granting Alabama’s request to reinstate racially discriminatory voting maps. Then, they turn to the big questions: how dead is Trump’s…
Ballrooms, ‘Bama and (Very) Bad Behavior
Jun 01, 2026
Leah, Kate, and Melissa recap another busy week in legal news, covering the continued fallout from the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v. Callais, the ongoing saga of the DOJ’s insurrectionist…
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Trump's Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Grift
May 25, 2026
Kate, Melissa, and Leah try to wrap their heads around Trump’s nearly $2 billion DOJ slush fund, which they agree may be—despite extremely stiff competition—the biggest act of trolling and…
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How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare
May 18, 2026
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 unconscionable failure to meet its own arbitrary deadline…
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The Constitution (Melissa's Version)
May 11, 2026
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 like to call it at Strict HQ, The Constitution (Melissa’s…
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Supreme Court Declares Racism Over
May 04, 2026
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. Then, the full crew dives deeper into the Court’s…
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Deals Another Blow to Multiracial Democracy
Apr 29, 2026
Kate and Leah are joined by Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias to break down the Supreme Court’s shameful assault on multiracial democracy in its ruling on the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v…
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How Low Can the DOJ Go?
Apr 27, 2026
From the DOJ’s targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center for its anti-KKK work to Kash Patel’s outrageous lawsuit against The Atlantic for its reporting on his unfitness for office to the Fifth…
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SCOTUS Squabbles Go Public
Apr 20, 2026
Melissa, Kate, and Leah break down an absolute boatload of beefs: Trump vs. Pope Leo, Sonia Sotomayor vs. Coach Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas vs. progressives, and Ketanji Brown Jackson vs. the…
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War Crimes, Christian Nationalism, and the 25th Amendment
Apr 13, 2026
Even though the Supreme Court took a break from hearing oral arguments, there was still plenty of legal news breaking every day. Katie Phang joins Leah to recap that news, including Trump's threats…
Birthright Citizenship + Bye-Bye, Pamela Jo Bondi
Apr 06, 2026
Last week saw oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, and listeners, it finally happened: a legal argument so outlandish from the Trump administration that even this…
SCOTUS Not Cool With Colorado Ban on Conversion Therapy
Mar 31, 2026
Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Chiles v. Salazer, the case involving a Colorado ban on conversion therapy. Leah is joined by Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for…
Will SCOTUS Join the GOP War on Mail-in Ballots?
Mar 30, 2026
Kate and guest co-host Ian Bassin of Protect Democracy kick off the show by covering the latest legal news, including developments at the Pentagon and Department of Justice, as well as Trump’s…
Absentee Ballots, Asylum, and Too Many A**holes to Count
Mar 23, 2026
Leah, Kate, and Melissa preview this week’s arguments at the Court, including Watson v. Republican National Committee, a challenge over when election offices must receive absentee ballots in order…