The Supreme Court Sucks. But at Least We Can Talk to Leah Litman About It!
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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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OA1157 - Leah Litman is a co-host of Crooked Media’s Strict Scrutiny podcast and professor at University of Michigan Law School, and most recently the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. We are pleased to welcome Professor Litman to discuss everything from what it’s like to teach American Constitutional law 2025 to what the Supreme Court has in common with the Bluth family.
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Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, Leah Litman (2025)
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| 0:00.0 | You must never ever give out or give in. You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize. |
| 0:07.6 | That is your calling. That is your mission. That is your moral obligation. That is your mandate. |
| 0:13.4 | Get out there and do it. Get in the way. Change happens because people care. |
| 0:26.6 | You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. |
| 0:36.6 | I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure. |
| 0:44.1 | I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry, |
| 0:47.9 | no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong. |
| 0:55.1 | The fight for our country is always worth it. |
| 0:59.8 | Hello and welcome to opening arguments. |
| 1:01.7 | This is episode 1157. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm your host Thomas Smith. |
| 1:09.4 | And joining me shortly is Matt Cameron on the other side of the break because we've got a really fun one. |
| 1:15.7 | We've got an interview that I'm so excited about. Leah Lipippman's on the show. I'm a long-time listener of strict scrutiny and just really excited to speak to. Professor and podcast host, Leah Littman, who now also has a book coming out. |
| 1:22.2 | It's called Lawless, how the Supreme Court came to run on conservative grievance, French theories, and bad vibes. |
| 1:28.3 | And look, I'm going to level with you. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm usually a little bit |
| 1:32.0 | hesitant to grab the folks promoting books who are going on all the shows at once. I tend to be |
| 1:39.9 | hesitant about that because there's like eight other shows that already have Leah Lipman on them |
| 1:43.5 | right now because of this book. But I absolutely make an exception when it's a chance to talk to somebody |
| 1:49.0 | that I've been a big fan of for a long time. So more than happy to have any excuse to get |
| 1:53.0 | Leah Lippman on the show. She's truly just so smart, so worth listening to. And this interview |
| 1:58.4 | does not disappoint at all. So with that said, I'm so excited to |
| 2:02.2 | get on over to the interview with Lee Litman. We'll take our usual break first, which you can, of course, |
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