Lower Courts CLAP BACK at Supreme Court and Trump

Kate, Leah, and Melissa break down how the lower courts are challenging the Trump administration and expressing their frustration with SCOTUS. Then, they check in with two members of the supermajority: Brett Kavanaugh, who’s touting a shiny new shadow docket rebrand, and Amy Coney Barrett as she commences her cursèd book tour. Finally, the hosts speak with Yale Law professor Justin Driver about his book, The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education.

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OUR FAVORITE THINGS:
Kate: Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! By Alexandra Petri (The Atlantic); Bonus 176: Law, Lawlessness, and Doomerism, Steve Vladeck (One First); How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart, Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole (NYT)

Leah: The DC Circuit’s Realpolitik Orders in the Foreign Aid Funding Case, Chris Geidner; 174. Justice Gorsuch's Attack on Lower Courts & Bonus 174: Playing the Justices for Fools, Steve Vladeck (One First); The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump’s Power Grab, Kate Shaw & Ezra Klein (NYT).

Melissa: RFK’s Senate Finance Committee hearing; Hijacking the Kennedys, Reeves Waldman (New York Magazine); These Summer Storms, Sarah MacLean; Gwyneth: The Biography, Amy Odell; and Nancy Mace: Everything You Didn't Know About Her Sh*tty Past (Crooked’s ‪@hysteriapodcast‬):    • Nancy Mace: Everything You Didn't Know Abo...  

Justin: The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin; Martin Luther King's Constitution: A Legal History of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Randall Kennedy (Yale Law Journal)

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction & Host Welcome
01:30 - Lower Courts vs. Trump Administration: National Guard in LA Case
07:15 - Fifth Circuit Rules Against Trump: Alien Enemies Act Case
11:00 - Ninth Circuit Rules Against Trump TPS and Eleventh Circuit stays injunction on "Alligator Alcatraz"
12:52 - DC Circuit Developments: EPA Grants & FTC Cases
15:50 - DC Circuit Updates in Foreign Aid Case
21:11 - Federal Circuit Strikes Down Many of Trump's Tariffs
25:24 - Ad Break
28:12 - Lower Courts Clapping Back at SCOTUS
31:08 - Federal Judges Speaking Out Off The Record Against Supreme Court
35:50 - Judge Burroughs' Epic Footnote Clapback
42:00 - Justice Kavanaugh's "Interim Docket" Shadow Docket Solution
46:02 - Justice Barrett's Book Press Tour, Champagne Celebration and Her Cringe Justice Rankings
56:09 - Ad Break
59:48 - Interview with Justin Driver on his book "The Fall of Affirmative Action"
1:33:45 - Our Favorite Things

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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.

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