The Forgotten Lawsuits Targeting Trump’s Worst Abuses
In mid-March of 2025, ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt and his colleagues started hearing that the Trump administration might attempt a flagrantly lawless publicity stunt, involving migrant men, secret fligh...
20 Des 202558min
One Amendment Explains It All
Trump decided this past week that there was no downside to fully embracing the racist “shithole countries” rhetoric he denied seven years ago; but this mask coming fully off is just the latest chapter...
13 Des 20251h 2min
SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America
While the Secretary of Defense pursues lawless boat strikes with a laser focus on maximum trolling, the Supreme Court is working to undermine voting rights with a laser focus on maximum support for Re...
6 Des 20251h 2min
The Three Faces Of Trumpism
By design – and also by dint of unbridled, undisciplined extremist exuberance – Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House is thus far a tricky thing to characterize. While many of the administra...
29 Nov 202551min
The DOJ's Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who brings her extensive experience trying and supervising federal criminal cases to a discussion of what the survivors of Jeffrey Ep...
22 Nov 202556min
He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Dahlia Lithwick welcomes retired federal judge Mark Wolf for his first ever podcast interview. The Reagan-appointed jurist made headlines last week with his searing indictment of the threat posed to t...
15 Nov 20251h 15min
When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS
The Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices have been treating the Trump administration with such extreme deference that we were honestly a little flummoxed listening to this week’s arguments over...
8 Nov 20251h 1min
The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped
“The Chief Justice… is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America”. That quote did not come from host Dahlia Lithwick, but this week’s guest, former Federal Circuit Court Judge and George H....
1 Nov 20251h 3min
