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Strict Scrutiny Podcast

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SCOTUS podcast (Crooked Media) Hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, & Kate Shaw Produced by Melody Rowell

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Lilith’s Karmic Revenge @happyluddite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I heard on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social that there were #Kayactivists visiting his vacation island this summer to shout “shame” at him. 🥰
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Happy Kayaking Adventure
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KM @katennp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social just want to let you know that the only reason I just watched #theLoveHypothesis was a favorite thing today… IT WAS GREAT. thank you
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 06/10/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social: Ken Paxton is our latest stopped clock, folks.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 06/10/2026
@leahlitman.bsky.social on Alito recusal: Vergogna occasionally still works.
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Eric Coulson @ericcoulson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This was a really interesting interview. As a retired Consular Officer I am anxious to read it.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Get Kelly Lytle Hernández's book RACIST BY DESIGN: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control from our friends at bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/raci...
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Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
In Racist by Design, award-winning historian Kelly Lytle Hernández reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcers built the American immigration system to encourage white immigrants while targ...
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: SCOTUS gears up for the First Monday of October/new term by using the shadow shitshow docket as the torture docket! Plus, oil companies argue climate change is a problem too big to solve, so states can't try! + Kelly Lytle Hernández on her book RACIST BY DESIGN crooked.com/podcast/the-...
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Hello October!
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Reverend Moonshine @reverend-moonshine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, for prodding me to google “Katie Britt’s face.”
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check out my piece in the @contrariannews.org talking about what’s going on at SCOTUS - and what’s on tap… www.contrariannews.org/p/next-on-th...
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Next on the Docket: Dismantling Democracy
The Supreme Court is enabling Trump’s corruption while also doing the kind of institutional damage that will long outlast him.
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Leah Litman, University of Michigan law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host, joins Somil Trivedi of Court Accountability Action to discuss the Supreme Court's horrific order allowing the Trump Administration to send immigrants to random countries they're not from, without a hearing.
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Supreme Court Makes SHOCK RULING on Trump Case...
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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 01/10/2026
Many thanks to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for having Gabe on to talk about ethics reform at the Supreme Court, both what the changes might look like & how to institute them. Listen here: crooked.com/podcast/we-n...!
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We Need to Talk About Ethics Reform | Crooked Media
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...
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Who Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER wraps with a conversation between Kate and Gabe Roth (Fix the Court) on … ethics reform! crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
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The Office: Let's Get Ethical! Iconic Dance
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: The band is back together to preview the upcoming SCOTUS term! I also talked with Mahmoud Khalil about his new book, out today: NO LAND TO STAND ON - Notes From Detention Get it from our friends at bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/no-l...
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No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention
A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime“Are you Mahmoud Khalil?” The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that t...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ruben Rabasa in ITYSL: He Admit It!
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, we noted that Alito hadn't recused in Suncor (he owns stock in 2 oil companies, & he flew on a PJ owned by someone w interests in one of the companies in the case). He's now recused. . . which likely means there are still 5 votes for Big Oil. tinyurl.com/2425sh73
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Justice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case (Gift Article)
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 28/09/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social on Trump, Xi and free press: The president basically said, "I'll have what he's having."
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Michigan Law @umichlaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Professor @leahlitman.bsky.social and her co-hosts are back together to break down the biggest cases and legal battles coming to the Supreme Court this term. Listen to the newest episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social: crooked.com/podcast/a-ne...
A list of the current episodes of the podcast, in a screenshot taken from the website
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: The hosts are back together for their term preview! Then Melissa speaks with Errin Haines about the press ban - and Leah talks with Mahmoud Kahlil about his book, out tomorrow, NO LAND TO STAND ON: Notes from Detention crooked.com/podcast/a-ne... BOOK: bookshop.org/p/books/no-l...
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D Floatingcoww Sneak Peek
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congratulations!!
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Big fan of how Lina Khan answered @leahlitman.bsky.social's last question on the current episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social ... crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
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We Need To Talk About Jurisdiction Stripping | Crooked Media
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@nikobowie.bsky.social @daphnarenan.bsky.social
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I won the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social lottery! Ssh don't tell my favorite youngest son this is his hannukah present, for a little light reading after his first semester of PhD studies.
White woman of a certain age wearing a t shirt that says Overhaul Judicial Supremacy, holding  a book titled Supremacy.
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Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not to be missed!! 👇👇
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW! Lev Menand & Lina Khan join HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER to discuss jurisdiction stripping & other reforms to protect statutes or agency regulations from the Court - especially those tackling economic issues. crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
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Taylor Chan: Pshh In This Economy
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm part of the CROOKED CON 2026 lineup for @crooked.com! Join us on November 7th in Washington D.C. for panels, candidate forums, live shows, interviews, organizing events, and more. Tickets available now at crookedcon.com @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
Leah Litman / Strict Scrutiny host, Crooked Media
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And check out the conversation @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social recently had with @leahlitman.bsky.social on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as part of our Supreme Court reform series ! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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We Need To Talk About Judicial Review
Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · S7 Bonus · 51m
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So great to be in conversation with @nikobowie.bsky.social & @daphnarenan.bsky.social about their fantastic new book. Seriously pick up a copy if you haven’t; it will make you rethink a lot of what you thought you knew about the supreme court and its role in our democracy
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
About to sub in for @arimelber.bsky.social on @beatwithari.bsky.social on @msnowreports.bsky.social at 6 pm ET! Join us!
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight! See you soon!
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Propublica really can’t stop won’t stop with its anti corruption hustle, as we said on yesterdays Strict Scrutiny! @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @propublica.org
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This episode was unhinged in the best way possible.
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Shitposting as Constitutional Due Process @codepwnie.org · 22/09/2026
I haven't read it yet, but I did listen to today's @strictscrutiny.bsky.social interview with the author--definitely on my fall reading list.
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Shitposting as Constitutional Due Process @codepwnie.org · 22/09/2026
We are smack dab in the middle of authoritarian capture by the stupidest people on Earth. How the fuck did we get here? Check out bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts
From celebrated news anchor, journalist, and host of Crooked Media's "Runaway Country," Alex Wagner, the wild and true story of how a group of right-wing raiders changed the American judiciary forever...
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 21/09/2026
Alex Wagner: I am incensed by this goblin Court. Bastardization is too weak a word.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 21/09/2026
@profmmurray.bsky.social on WH press ban: I think this is f*cking bonkers.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Get your copy of THE STEAL: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts from our friends at bookshop @profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @crooked.com : bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts
From celebrated news anchor, journalist, and host of Crooked Media's "Runaway Country," Alex Wagner, the wild and true story of how a group of right-wing raiders changed the American judiciary forever...
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Leah & Melissa talk news: attacks on free press, Kennedy Center, & yes more on that Ka$h Senate testimony on bestiality. THEN Alex Wagner joins to discuss her fabulous new book THE STEAL: 4 Right-Wing Hard-Liners, 1 Republican Presidency, & the Raid on America's Courts crooked.com/podcast/trum...
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Jake Peralta: It's Time to Heist!
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Suzie Zick @suzie-zick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Heard an interview with the authors. I highly recommend this book.
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mre3s.bsky.social @mre3s.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Alex Wagner & @strictscrutiny.bsky.social report on SCOTUS’ shockingly good decision and rejected a Trump rule that would have restricted mail-in ballots and possibly disenfranchised millions of voters, how 🖕🏻 #ConsigliereToddBlanche & #TrumpRegime continue to try to cheat. 🤬 youtu.be/RE75WjxnyC4?...
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Trump FURIOUS After SCOTUS Rejects His DESPERATE Midterm Ploy
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Listen in!!!
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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I somehow missed this great episode when it came out (prob b/c it was before Labor Day). Loved to hear Kate Shaw and Jamelle Bouie fully endorsing Supreme Court expansion + term limits + regular appointments + lower court expansion + more!
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very savvy legal eagles -- -- Highly encourage tuning in.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Worried about the Court? We talk all the ways we can actually do something about the intolerable power it has—including options more immediate than term limits and ethics rules
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Get their book SUPREMACY here: bookshop.org/p/books/supr... And if you do get their book, enter the giveaway to win some merch! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People
Does the U.S. Constitution force us to live under the rule of nine robed lawyers? Many Americans assume that it does. It is commonly said that the Supreme Court has always had the power to decide what...
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER CONTINUES! Niko Bowie & Daphna Renan join to talk about the Court's power of "judicial review" - invalidating federal statutes - drawing on their book SUPREMACY: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People. crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
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Po's Hilarious Review Scream
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ICYMI: we released an episode on the courts order addressing the Postal Service regulation / threat to not deliver batches of mail-in ballots
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A bonus episode on what went down with SCOTUS's decision to leave the Trump administration's Postal Service regulation slash election interference slash mass disenfranchisement blocked. For now. crooked.com/podcast/brea... @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Mail-In Ballots BS | Crooked Media
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 15/09/2026
Murray on mail-in ballot ruling: Don't give SCOTUS credit for finally reading the Constitution.
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