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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

E. Jean Carroll and the Lawyer Who Beat Trump

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

Slate Audio

News Commentary,, Government, News

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dahlia Lithwick is joined by a pair of legal history-makers, E Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan. They discuss the landmark defamation and sexual abuse case they won against former President Donald J Trump; how the case came together, what tipped the balance in court, if vindication lasts, and what happens when the defendant won’t stop doing the same defamation over and over again.

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to talk about the Mifepristone arguments at the 5th Circuit, North Carolina’s abortion ban, and why Justice Kagan and Sotomayor are duking it out in the footnotes over Andy Warhol. 

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0:00.0

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0:02.9

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0:03.9

Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provence

0:08.7

and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.

0:13.5

So, if three quarters of your G&T is a Fever tree tonic,

0:18.8

maybe it's time to call it a T&G.

0:22.4

Fever tree, mix with the best.

0:25.9

Oh, that takes me straight to the med.

0:30.5

Just a heads up for our listeners.

0:33.2

This episode contains descriptions of fairly graphic sexual violence.

0:39.8

I didn't think there would be a grade above what I was experiencing with Robbie as we

0:50.7

gripped hands in the courtroom.

0:52.8

Trump's entire defense was based not only on eG&Bingalire,

0:57.3

but pretty much on every other person to testify to that court,

1:00.7

we're also being alive.

1:02.8

Robbie is figured it out.

1:05.7

You figured out legal recourse to Donald Trump's lies.

1:14.8

Hi and welcome back to Amicus.

1:17.1

This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the rule of law.

1:21.0

I am Dialithwick and I cover those things for Slate.

1:25.2

Last week in New York, a unanimous jury found Donald Trump liable for $5 million

1:32.4

for battery, sexual abuse and defamation.

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