Synopsis
A show about the law, and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America.
Episodes
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Amicus: Ballot-Box Special
01/11/2014 Duration: 21minOn Ep. 4 of Amicus, a pre-election special. Dahlia sits down with UC Irvine law professor Rick Hasen, founder of Election Law Blog, to survey the landscape of state voter ID laws. They consider the effect of recent headlines on voters' confidence in elections, as well as the enduring curiosity of judicial elections in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Amicus: Revenge of the Octogenarians
25/10/2014 Duration: 32minOn Ep. 3 of Amicus, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick talks with the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin about his recent interview with President Obama on Obama’s judicial legacy. Then Dahlia welcomes Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who won last year’s DOMA case U.S. vs. Windsor, and who’s now fighting for same-sex marriage in the South. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Amicus: Let's Salsa with Sotomayor
18/10/2014 Duration: 30minOn Ep. 2 of Amicus, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and former acting solicitor general Walter Dellinger discuss the Surpreme Court’s recent non-decisions about abortion and voter I.D. laws. Then Dahlia talks with Joan Biskupic, author of a new biography of Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick
11/10/2014 Duration: 35minOn Ep. 1 of Amicus, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick discusses the opening of the Surpreme Court’s new term with Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSblog. Dahlia also welcomes Douglas Laycock, who argued the case of a Muslim prisoner who wants to grow a beard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.