Make America Grift Again
Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
4.6 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Leah, Melissa and Kate go on Corruption Watch to catch up on all the sketchy things happening in the judicial and executive branches. Then, they cover some recent oral arguments and opinions from The Court before bringing you a conversation from last week’s live show in LA with Representative Jimmy Gomez of California’s 34th Congressional District.
Favorite things:
- Kate: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans; Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir; Vladimir on Netflix (adaptation of the book by Julia May Jonas)
- Leah: Kacey Musgraves, “Dry Spell”; Judge Young’s opinion denying a stay of the remedies he ordered in response to the federal government’s illegal targeting of students & noncitizens based on pro-Palestinian speech; Sonja Starr & Genevieve Lakier, The War on DEI as a Project of Constitutional Subversion
Melissa: The Devil is Busy on HBO Max; Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan; Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette on Hulu and Disney+
Buy Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
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| 0:00.0 | Strict scrutiny is brought to you by Americans United Force separation of church and state. |
| 0:04.9 | Since the nation's founding, the values of religious liberty and pluralism have been central to the American identity. |
| 0:10.3 | And these values are now under accelerated attack. The government has no authority to pick and choose which religious beliefs to promote and which to marginalize. |
| 0:19.0 | Religious freedom for only some is religious freedom for none. |
| 0:23.3 | The Trump-Vance administration's Religious Liberty Commission is pursuing a culture of Christian |
| 0:28.0 | nationalism that seeks to divide and isolate people across our nation. The fatally flawed way this |
| 0:33.2 | commission was assembled makes clear that the predetermined outcome isn't just an American. |
| 0:37.6 | It's against the law. The Trump-ance administration has failed to uphold our country's proud |
| 0:42.1 | religious freedom tradition, and we will hold them accountable. Be part of the movement |
| 0:47.0 | that's pushing back and standing up for freedom. Register to attend today at the SRF.org. |
| 0:53.8 | In moments like these, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and even easier to feel powerless. |
| 1:00.0 | But we are neither. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm Stacey Abrams, and on my podcast, Assembly Required, I take on each executive action, |
| 1:08.0 | legislative battle, and breaking news moment by asking three questions. |
| 1:12.5 | What's really happening? What can we do about it? And how do we keep going together? |
| 1:18.5 | This is a space for clarity, strategy, and hope rooted in action, not denial. New episodes |
| 1:26.5 | of assembly required, |
| 1:28.7 | drop Tuesdays. |
| 1:31.8 | Tune in wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube. |
| 1:37.2 | Mr. Chief Justice, may please support. |
| 1:39.8 | It's an old joke, |
| 1:41.5 | but when I argue, men, |
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