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SCOTUS Is About to Turbocharge Presidential Power

12/15/2025 • 85 min

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 agencies. They also cover the other arguments in cases involving campaign finance and the death penalty, and various and sundry bits of legal news including the antics of Ju… Play episode

We Need To Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders
SCOTUS Greenlights Racial Gerrymandering in Texas
December Preview: SCOTUS Doubles Down on Its BS
Boy Math, Boy Law, Man Problems
The Agonies of Brett Kavanaugh
Will SCOTUS Say No to Trump’s Tariffs?
The Legal Battles Over Trump’s War on Blue Cities
Trump’s DOJ Shakedown
Will the Voting Rights Act Survive SCOTUS?
Will SCOTUS Allow Conversion Therapy for Minors?
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A SCOTUS Term Preview
The Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning Streak
Looking for Bright Spots in the Courts
How SCOTUS is Making Project 2025 a Reality
The Lower Courts Punch Up
The Shadow Docket Just Won’t Quit
The Dubious Legality of Trump's DC Takeover
How the GOP is Trying to Steal the 2026 Midterms
Stacking the Bench with Creeps & Kooks
Can Trump Sue His Way Out of the Epstein Mess?
SCOTUS Enables Government Destruction
Hunger Games for Legal Hackery
A Term for the Rich, the Reactionaries, and the Ruthless
SCOTUS Strengthens Conservative War on Education
SCOTUS Clears the Way for Trump’s Lawlessness
SCOTUS Deals Massive Blow to Health Care Access
Ketanji Brown Jackson Sounds the Alarm
SCOTUS Upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Can Trump Mobilize the Military Without California's Consent?
9-0, but Make It Complicated
It's Officially Bad Decision Season
A Blockbuster Non-Opinion and a Fascism Grab Bag
Will the Courts Let Trump End Birthright Citizenship?
The Supreme Court’s ‘Lawless’ Era
Will SCOTUS Sign Off on Religious Charter Schools?
Can Religious Parents Veto Books in Public Schools?
Are Trump Administration Officials in Criminal Contempt?
SCOTUS Lets Trump Play Word Games
What’s the Future of Planned Parenthood?
Can Elon Musk Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race? (With Jon Lovett)
Deportations and the Death of Due Process
How to Lose a Democracy in 10 Laws (with Elie Mystal)
The Conservative Push to Sue the Media Into Oblivion
Pod Save the Separation of Powers
The Atextual & Illegal Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Yes, We’re in a Constitutional Crisis
DOGE Runs Amok & Originalism’s Ahistoricism
The Lawlessness, Chaos, & Cruelty of Trump 2.0
Trump’s Onslaught of Executive Orders

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