Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator In Handcuffs
America feels very different this weekend. While the president’s planned military parade (that just happens to coincide with his birthday) will see tanks and armored vehicles rolling through Washingto...
14 Jun 202547min
There Is No Musk-Trump Feud Without The Roberts Court
Money talks, and sometimes it speaks as law by fiat from the highest court in the land. In this episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick delves into the impact of money on the judiciary and, eventually, on...
7 Jun 202544min
Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, Desperate Dealmaking Out Back
This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, c...
5 Jun 202512min
This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History
The end (of the Supreme Court term) is nigh. This week, Amicus goes into June Opinionpalooza mode with some meta-analysis of what to look out for as the Supreme Court delivers dozens of decisions over...
31 Mai 20251h 8min
The Two Tracks of Justice
This week’s episode attempts to understand the ways in which the law of Trump unfolds along two tracks at the same time. First, Mark Joseph Stern joins us to talk about the Supreme Court’s decision to...
24 Mai 20251h 9min
SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again
Our eyes this week were trained on the arguments over birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court on Thursday. While Solicitor General John Sauer advanced wild arguments on behalf of the Trump adminis...
17 Mai 202556min
SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs
After Silicon Valley’s yeet to the right after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, and the DOGE-ification of the federal government (read: chaos and abuse as the driving ethos of HR), it felt like high ...
10 Mai 20251h 1min
The Un-American Project
Whether it’s attempting to overturn birthright citizenship, effectively stripping citizenship from American children, or claiming Alien Enemy Act war powers under an imaginary invasion, Trump’s anti-i...
3 Mai 20251h 14min
