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Stay Tuned with Preet

Bondi, Birthright & Conversion Therapy (with Dahlia Lithwick)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance are joined by Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and host of the Amicus podcast. In a free excerpt from the episode, they break down the Supreme Court’s recent 8–1 decision in favor of a licensed therapist who challenged a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors.  In the full episode, Preet, Joyce, and Dahlia make sense of: – President Trump’s firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi; and – Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging President Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis.  Not an Insider? Now more than ever, it’s critical to stay tuned. To join a community of reasoned voices in unreasonable times, become an Insider today. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. Head to cafe.com/insider or staytuned.substack.com/subscribe.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Preet here. Joyce Vance and I are out with a new episode of The Insider Podcast,

0:06.2

and we're sharing an excerpt with listeners of Stay Tuned. This week, we're joined by our friend

0:10.8

Dahlia Lithwick. She's a senior editor at Slate and co-host of the Amicus podcast where she

0:16.0

discusses the Supreme Court. First, we talk about President Trump's firing of Attorney General

0:20.3

Pam Bondi. Then we turn to two of the major issues at the Supreme Court right First, we talk about President Trump's firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi. Then we turn to two of the

0:22.2

major issues at the Supreme Court right now, birthright citizenship, and conversion therapy. If you're a

0:27.6

cafe insider, you can hear the full conversation now in the insider feed. And if you're not yet a member,

0:33.2

we hope you'll join our community of reasonable people living in unreasonable times.

0:42.5

Insiders help support our work and get access to complete episodes and other subscriber benefits.

0:48.0

Head to cafe.com slash insider or stay tuned.substag.com.

0:49.9

Now, on to the show.

0:58.4

Let's talk about this case, Dahlia, because this is one that got a lot less public attention,

1:01.5

but that has an interesting split in the opinions.

1:08.9

This is the conversion therapy case, where a therapist objects to a newly passed law in Colorado that would prevent her from discussing what she thinks is a

1:12.5

legitimate option with her patients, and she objects on First Amendment grounds.

1:18.3

And this is, it's an interesting case in many ways outside of that context, because this is

1:24.5

another case about what standard should be used to evaluate a law.

1:29.0

Is it strict scrutiny? Is it rational relationship? The case ends up being shockingly 8-1.

1:36.9

Katanji Brown-Jackson ends up getting hung out to dry as the one. A little bit of a surprise there. There's a Kagan concurrence.

1:46.3

Where do you want to dig in on this one? I mean, this is a case where, and it comes in a long

1:52.6

string of cases, where in order to get certain results, you use speech, right, as the crowbar

1:59.6

into the case. And so people will remember

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