Mr. Chief Justice, may please support.

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

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

She spoke, not elegantly, but with unmistakable clarity.

She said, I asked no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our legs. Hello and welcome back to Strict Scrutiny, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

We're your hosts. I'm Melissa Murray. I'm Leah Littman. And I'm Kate Shaw. The Supreme Court is on recess this week. The White House, regrettably, is not. So we are going to start this episode with some breaking news, largely involving the torrent of lawlessness, chaos, and cruelty emanating from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Obviously, we will also cover the executive order lowering the price of eggs.

Just kidding, there has still been no executive order or other executive action addressing the cost

of basic goods, despite the fact that we were told that is what this administration would

inaugurate. But why would they? And yet somehow the vibes or the price of eggs apparently don't

feel so high when the leader of the free world is blaming black people, women, and people with disabilities for all of the world's problems.

Maybe that's the executive action on eggs that we've all been waiting for.

But after we survey whatever is happening at 1600, we are also going to check in on two different state courts,

the continuing saga that involves North Carolina judge Jefferson Griffin's twirl villain

mustache here, refusal to acknowledge his loss to Justice Allison Riggs on the North Carolina

Supreme Court. We will also talk about the fast approaching election for a crucial

pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. First, the fire hydrant of news from D.C. And I say

fire hydrant and not fire hose because literally this administration is taking a dump on all of us.

This week, the chaos and cruelty were ratcheted up, way up, beyond what previous American democracy dials could have registered.

So we will walk through some of that.

And because the administration is definitely pursuing the Steve Bannon, Steve Miller, flood the zone with absolute bullshit strategy,

we probably won't be able to cover everything that they've done.

Or certainly, we won't be able to cover everything that they've done, or certainly we

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