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Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

Government, Society & Culture, News, Philosophy

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Leah and Melissa break down what may be a new low for the Court: granting Alabama’s request to reinstate racially discriminatory voting maps. Then, they turn to the big questions: how dead is Trump’s slush fund for insurrectionists? Just how awful are Acting AG Todd Blanche and Acting DNI Bill Pulte? Will Michigan’s Democratic senators stand up to Trump’s appalling nominee for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan? They also cover three SCOTUS opinions from last week before Melissa speaks with Yale Law Professor Judith Resnik about her recent book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

strict scrutiny is brought to you by Americans United for separation of church and state.

0:04.9

The Trump administration's excessive Christian nationalist rhetoric is only building as we move

0:09.5

toward the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

0:13.5

And those most caught in the crossfire are specifically federal workers.

0:18.2

A multi-faith group of federal employees filed a new lawsuit against the U.S.

0:22.3

Department of Agriculture for violating the separation of church and state and the religious freedom

0:26.9

promised in our Constitution. Our friends at Americans United for Separation of Church and State

0:31.7

received emails from multiple USDA employees. A handful of employees reached out saying the proselytizing Easter

0:38.7

email sent by Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins, to more than 100,000 USDA employees

0:45.2

is an abuse of power that violates the separation of church and state promised in the First

0:49.9

Amendment. And they are absolutely right. Again, separation of church and state. If you can read

0:55.8

the First Amendment, you see that the government cannot establish a national religion, cannot

1:01.3

endorse a national religion. And here we are sending a proselytizing Easter email to 100,000

1:07.8

federal employees. The hits just keep coming from this administration,

1:12.0

and Americans United is doing their best

1:14.2

to keep up the fight against creeping Christian nationalism.

1:17.7

If you want to help, head over to A.U.org

1:20.6

forward slash crooked to learn more about their work

1:23.3

and how you can get involved.

1:27.2

Mr. Chief Justice, I please support.

1:31.3

It's an old joke, but when I argue,

1:33.9

men argues against two beautiful ladies like this,

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