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Trump’s DOJ Finds Yet Another Basement

On Monday, the Justice Department raided a sitting congresswoman's D.C. home to build a denaturalization case. Andrew Weissmann joins Dahlia Lithwick to explain the new depths being plumbed by Trump’s DOJ.

ICE executed an early morning search of Re... more

Yesterday • 40 min

Grab Them by the Constitution

Donald Trump brags about his boundless freedom while the same Supreme Court that handed him that power has curtailed everyone else's. Confidence in the court has cratered to historic lows, and waiting for a justice to retire is not actually a plan. C... more

10 Oct 2026 • 53 min

Cruel and Unusual, Bought and Paid For

This week, the Supreme Court blessed the torture of a condemned woman, and the court is set to kick off the new term by doing fossil fuel's bidding. So here at Amicus, we’re not really in the mood for a razzle-dazzle “curtain raiser.” Instead, we’re ... more

3 Oct 2026 • 1 hr 13 min • Popular

Everybody Out of the Pool

President Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning CNN, Politico, and MSNow from the White House because he didn't like their coverage. Within days, a federal judge ordered the outlets be reinstated—but the White House dragged its feet. Ho... more

26 Sep 2026 • 46 min

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Dahlia Lithwick

Host of Amicus with a focus on the courts, law, and justice

Mark Joseph Stern

Co-host; legal journalist providing analysis on the courts and jurisprudence

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 4.3k ratings

9.5.2026
Dahlia, stop your bad habit of nervous giggling through an important statement. meaning you can retrain your voluntary reflex to nervous laugh through statements that are very serious. just stop doing that. It is a very bad habit when you have the power of the truth yet giggle right through it which then lowers your believability in what you are saying. “you are old enough” to understand that and to stop your nervous laughter which only lowers your credibility that we should take you seriously i... more
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midwestBlue
United Statesa month ago
Dean Chemerinsky and aesthetic injury
Enjoyed the discussion. just Friday, David French NYT, scoffed and ridiculed aesthetic injury calling bogus. So, what correct here … 50 year established standing principle or bogus?
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Craig New Orleans
United Statesa month ago
Non-lawyer loves podcast
Thank you both for making the subject of the law so relevant and interesting to me, a non-lawyer who loves fairness.
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Zizi22
United States3 months ago
An amazing Supreme Court decision
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slatersli@hotmail.com
3 months ago
Best SCOTUS Analysis Podcast!
I have subscribed and followed just about every SCOTUS podcast there has been since the pandemic. Most were a flash in the pan. Most of the rest are so loaded with snark and attitude that it clouds the quality of the legal analysis. Amicus stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Dalia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stearns have carefully laid exactly how the justices on this Supreme Court have stopped practicing law.
1) There has to be an actual controversy? No. 2) The plaintiff must have ... more
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One Ballot After Another

Q: Were the headlines catastrophizing? Can you just give us some context about what this all meant?

Hasen contextualizes the EPA rule change as part of a broader, ongoing environmental regulation push; while dramatic, the situation is framed by existing litigation teams, precedents, and the likelihood that the rule will face challenges and be reviewed over time rather than causing immediate, nationwide impacts.

SCOTUS Rewrites the Rules for One Special Boy

Q: I wonder if we can start with a reminder of where we are with what seem like unrelated stories but are actually quite related. Could you summarize the ballroom and ballot cases and their implications?

The discussion explains how standing, ripeness, and emergency powers have been manipulated to limit access to judicial review, thereby allowing executive actions that may undermine democratic processes, particularly around elections and federal control over voting procedures.

Capitulation Nation

Q: Why does you emphasize the difference between the inside vs. outside players in this capitulation narrative?

The inside actors (like Brad Karp and Mitch McConnell) shape policy and leverage, while outside actors (law firms, universities, business leaders) determine whether institutions stand firm or buckle under pressure, creating a networked dynamic of courage or capitulation.

Capitulation Nation

Q: What distinguishes Trump 2.0 from Trump 1.0 in terms of internal dynamics and risk to institutions?

Weisberg argues that in Trump 2.0 the coercive environment intensified, with more aggressive manipulation and a different set of insiders who enabled or resisted those pressures, leading to broader erosion of norms and the rule of law.

Capitulation Nation

Q: Can you walk through the five factors that create the taxonomy of cowardice?

Weisberg outlines five factors—peer pressure, fear of ostracism, fear of violence, money, and institutional responsibilities—and explains how they interact to push individuals toward capitulation when faced with authoritarian pressure.

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