Episodes 390
Avg. Duration 1h 5m
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Apple Rating 4.6 (5,579)
Since Jun 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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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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S7 Will the Court Actually Push Back Against Trump’s Unlawful Firings?

Jan 26, 2026 1h 46m

First, Leah and Melissa explain the legal battles around the ICE occupation in Minnesota and what might come after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Then, Leah, Kate, and Melissa run…

S7 Will SCOTUS Keep Trans Kids Out of Sports?

Jan 19, 2026 1h 33m

Melissa, Leah, and Kate kick off by discussing the functional suspension of the Constitution in Minneapolis and Trump’s targeting of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Then they dissect the…

S7 Debunking Trump’s Bullsh*t Legal Arguments for Invading Venezuela

Jan 12, 2026 1h 49m

Leah, Kate, and Melissa preview January’s major SCOTUS cases, including disputes over trans kids' participation in team sports, a concealed-carry ban in Hawaii, and Trump’s attempt to fire Federal…

S7 Can America Pull Back From the Brink of Autocracy?

Jan 05, 2026 1h 40m

Leah kicks off the episode with repeat guest Rebecca Ingber of Cardozo Law to discuss the wild illegality–both domestic and international–of Trump’s regime change operation in Venezuela. Then, Kate,…

S7 Introducing Runaway Country: Justice Has Left the Building

Dec 29, 2025 1h 10m Bonus

Alex digs into the destruction of due process and rule of law under the Trump administration. First, she hears from Judge Anam Petit, a recently fired immigration judge who explains how the legal…

S7 Our Favorite Things, 2025

Dec 22, 2025 1h 15m

It’s that time of year when Leah, Melissa, and Kate put on their influencer hats and recommend the things that made their days a little brighter in 2025. This year, they’re joined by two special…

S7 SCOTUS Is About to Turbocharge Presidential Power

Dec 15, 2025 1h 25m

Leah, Kate, and Melissa recap the oral argument in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that could nuke the administrative state as we know it by giving Trump broad leeway to fire heads of independent…

S7 We Need To Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders

Dec 08, 2025 1h 8m

Kate, Melissa, and Leah are joined by Professor Rebecca Ingber of Cardozo Law to break down the blatant illegality of the administration’s murders of alleged “narcoterrorists” in the waters off South…

S7 SCOTUS Greenlights Racial Gerrymandering in Texas

Dec 05, 2025 36m Bonus

In this emergency episode, Leah, Melissa and Kate break down the Supreme Court’s shadow docket order allowing Texas to use racist and Republican-skewed district maps in next year’s midterms. Get…

S7 December Preview: SCOTUS Doubles Down on Its BS

Dec 01, 2025 1h 10m

Kate, Leah, and Melissa kick off the show by speaking with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin about First Choice Women’s Resource Centers  v. Platkin, whose wonky exterior masks an…

S7 Boy Math, Boy Law, Man Problems

Nov 24, 2025 1h 46m

Leah, Melissa, and Kate dive into the raging legal battles over redistricting ahead of next year’s midterms, Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s massive oopsies in her prosecution of James…

S7 The Agonies of Brett Kavanaugh

Nov 17, 2025 1h 16m

Kate and Leah run through the latest legal news, including updates on the SNAP benefits case, the email dump that revealed Jeffrey Epstein's deep ties to the establishment, and the political…

S7 Will SCOTUS Say No to Trump’s Tariffs?

Nov 10, 2025 1h 31m

Live from Crooked Con in Washington, Leah, Kate, and Melissa unpack the surprisingly not-awful oral arguments for Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, which put the president's tariffs in the hot seat.…

S7 The Legal Battles Over Trump’s War on Blue Cities

Nov 03, 2025 1h 17m

Kate, Leah, and Melissa dive into the legal pushback over ICE and the National Guard in Chicago and Portland, anti-marriage equality goblin Kim Davis’s unwelcome return to the courts, the…

S7 Trump’s DOJ Shakedown

Oct 27, 2025 1h 20m

Kate and Leah dig into a very busy week of legal news as Trump wields his SCOTUS-enabled executive power in increasingly unhinged ways. They also discuss continuing challenges to the president’s…

S7 Will the Voting Rights Act Survive SCOTUS?

Oct 20, 2025 1h 45m

Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down last week’s agonizing two-and-a-half-hour oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could see the already weakened Voting Rights Act gutted even further.…

S7 Will SCOTUS Allow Conversion Therapy for Minors?

Oct 13, 2025 1h 49m

Leah, Melissa, and Kate are back in business, breaking down this term’s first week of arguments at SCOTUS, including a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors. Also covered: the…

S7 Something Wicked This Way Comes: A SCOTUS Term Preview

Oct 06, 2025 1h 33m

Kate, Leah, and Melissa preview what fresh hell SCOTUS has in store for us this term, including challenges to the Fourteenth Amendment and the Court’s continued obsession with fighting the culture…

S6 The Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning Streak

Sep 29, 2025 1h 59m

Leah and Kate dive into the week’s legal news, explaining how SCOTUS continues to carry water for the Trump administration. They also cover an epic slapdown of the Roberts Court out of Hawaii, Sam…

S6 Looking for Bright Spots in the Courts

Sep 22, 2025 1h 44m

Leah is joined by guest co-host Skye Perryman, president & CEO of Democracy Forward, to discuss the week’s news, including the continued pushback on the shadow docket from the lower courts and…

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