A Blockbuster Non-Opinion and a Fascism Grab Bag

Strict Scrutiny

Crooked Media

Philosophy, News, Government, Supreme Court, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Melissa, Leah, and Kate kick the show off with a look at the Court’s 4-4 deadlock on Oklahoma’s religious charter school case. Then, it’s a romp through the shadow docket, Judge Jim Ho’s sweaty pleas for attention, Kristi Noem’s humiliating Senate hearing, and selections from Trump’s fascism grab bag. Leah also speaks with Professor Noah Rosenblum of NYU School of Law about the 6-3 decision from the Court allowing the president to fire federal commissioners without cause.

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0:00.0	strict scrutiny is brought to you by Americans United for separation of church and state.
0:06.9	You don't destroy 250 years of secular democracy without gutting precedent, shattering norms,
0:12.7	and dropping a few billion. The same people in groups that back Project 2025 are part of a larger
0:18.6	shadow network that relentlessly is pushing to impose a Christian
0:22.4	nationalist agenda on our laws and our lives. Church state separation is the bulwark for blocking
0:28.7	their agenda. One of the last bastions of church state separation is our public school system.
0:34.8	So, not surprisingly, they're pushing vouchers everywhere. They're arguing for
0:39.5	religious public schools. Yes, you heard that right, religious public schools at the Supreme Court
0:45.2	in a case that we have talked about on this pod, the St. Isidore's case. If you're listening to us,
0:51.6	you're seeing the writing on the wall. We can and we must fight back.
0:56.5	Join Americans United for Separation of Church and State and their growing movement
1:00.0	because church-state separation protects all of us.
1:03.1	You can learn more and get involved at A.U.org forward slash crooked.
1:08.9	Mr. Chief Justice, please support. It's an old joke. Mr. Chief Justice, may it please support.
1:12.6	It's an old joke, but when I argued men, argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they're going to have the last word.
1:20.6	She spoke not elegantly, but with unmistakable clarity.
1:26.6	She said, I asked no favor for my sex.
1:31.3	All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet
1:36.3	or for next. Hello and welcome back to Strictney, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. We are your hosts. I'm Kate Shaw. I'm Leah Littman and I'm Melissa Murray. And we've got another jam-packed episode in store for you today.
2:03.7	We are going to cover the opinions or lack thereof that we got from the court this week in argued cases.
2:10.8	And then we're going to switch to all of the legal news that will include some developments in lower courts, as well as developments on the
2:18.8	court's shadow docket vis-a-vis the Trump administration.
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