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Is Sam Alito On His Way Out?

Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

News, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Government

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

The legal news just kept coming this week, and Melissa, Leah, and Kate break it all down. Could Friend of the Pod Sam Alito be retiring? Possibly! Can Pete Hegseth retaliate against Senator and veteran Mark Kelly for free speech? No! Just how wild was Pamela Jo Bondi’s Epstein files testimony in Congress? Pretty flippin’ wild! They also cover the latest out of Minnesota, Democratic representatives tearing the head of ICE a new one, some very bad news for humans who enjoy clean air, the Heritage Foundation’s crusade against birth control, and other legal flotsam and jetsam.

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Strict scrutiny is brought to you by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

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We are all legal nerds here, and we know that precedents that in any area of the law ripples out across our lives in so many ways.

0:11.3

Our right to religious freedom is one of the most sacred areas of the law, protecting almost every aspect of our daily lives.

0:17.6

Rights we all hold dear, like LGBTQ rights, freedom to choose the type of health care you

0:21.7

need, and ensuring a well-funded and inclusive public school system. Protecting the separation of

0:26.7

church and state is in fact protecting the very foundation of our democracy. If you're looking for ways

0:31.8

to more deeply understand the connection of and from religion to so many of the civil justice

0:36.7

issues we see today, you should

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check out the summit for religious freedom, or SURF, an annual conference held in D.C. and virtually

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April 25th to the 27th, 26th. At SURF, advocates, organizers, faith leaders, atheists, and everyone

0:50.3

in between come together to take on the growing threats of Christian nationalism and the

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efforts to impose one narrow religious belief on us all. This is a movement for big change and

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collaboration across the entire spectrum of religious belief and non-belief that strengthens our

1:04.4

democracy, protects public schools, reproductive and LGBTQ rights, and more. Be part of the

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movement that's pushing back and standing up for freedom.

1:12.3

Register to attend today at the SRF.org.

1:18.4

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1:22.3

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

1:25.2

men argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they're going to have the last word.

1:30.3

She spoke not elegantly, but with unmistakable clarity.

1:36.3

She said, I ask no favor for my sex.

1:41.3

All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet or forenecks.

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