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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.
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Will SCOTUS Let Big Oil Off the Hook?
Oct 12, 2026
The first week of the new term has come and gone, and things are heating up… literally. Kirti Datla, director of Earthjustice’s Strategic Legal Advocacy Program, joins Melissa and Leah to discuss the…
The Supreme Court Allows Third-Country Deportations to Continue
Oct 05, 2026
This Monday officially kicks off a new Supreme Court term, and the cases and controversies are already heating up. Leah, Kate, and Melissa dig into the Court’s decision to allow the administration to…
We Need to Talk About Ethics Reform
Oct 01, 2026
In the fifth and final installment of our Hot Supreme Court Reform series, Kate speaks with Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court. What would a meaningful and enforceable set of ethics rules…
A New Term of Supreme Chaos
Sep 28, 2026
It’s been a long summer, but Leah, Kate and Melissa are back together to break down the biggest cases and legal battles coming to the Supreme Court this term. Starting in October, the justices will…
We Need To Talk About Jurisdiction Stripping
Sep 24, 2026
In the fourth installment of our Hot Supreme Court Reform September series, Leah sits down with former FTC Chair Lina Khan and Lev Menand, both of Columbia Law School, to talk through ways to limit…
Trump’s Assault on the Free Press
Sep 21, 2026
Melissa and Leah cover this week’s legal horrors out of the Trump administration, including the President’s ban on certain media outlets from the White House, as well as his attacks on the Kennedy…
We Need To Talk About Judicial Review
Sep 17, 2026
In the third installment of our Hot Supreme Court Reform September series, Leah sits down with Daphna Renan and Nikolas Bowie to discuss how judicial supremacy became the default operating system of…
BREAKING: SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Mail-In Ballot BS
Sep 15, 2026
Kate, Leah and Melissa hop on to break down the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration’s Postal Service regulation announcing it would not deliver mail-in ballots unless states…
How Trump is Using the IRS to Resegregate America
Sep 14, 2026
Melissa is joined by guest co-host Rashad Robinson, political strategist, media advocate, and former president of Color Of Change, to run through last week’s legal news, which involves SCOTUS’s…
Still Counting: Trump vs. The BLUE WAVE: A Midterm Extravaganza
Sep 11, 2026
Nate Silver, Clare Malone, and Galen Druke discuss the most competitive Senate races heading into the midterms in this excerpt from their new podcast, Still Counting. To hear the rest, head over to…
We Need to Talk About Term Limits
Sep 10, 2026
In part two of our Hot Supreme Court Reform September series, Kate and the Brennan Center’s Alicia Bannon make the case for term limits for the Court. The idea has bipartisan support, but what would…
We Need To Talk About Court Expansion
Sep 03, 2026
How do you solve a problem like SCOTUS? Kate kicks off our Hot Supreme Court Reform September series with the New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie. They dig into the ins and outs of expanding the Court…
SCOTUS Greenlights Trump's Ballroom
Sep 01, 2026
In this bonus episode, Leah and Melissa break down the Supreme Court’s decision to let Trump move forward with plans for a White House ballroom, despite lower courts finding that the project cannot…
Is SCOTUS Letting Trump Meddle in the Midterms?
Aug 31, 2026
Kate and Leah break down last week's atrocious shadow docket order on the President's wildly illegal executive order concerning elections and absentee ballots, which furthers the administration's…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…