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Mr. Chief Justice, may it 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 necks. Hello and welcome back to strict scrutiny, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

We're your host today. I'm Melissa Murray. I'm Kate Shaw. And I'm Leah Lippman. And here's the plan for today. It's been quite a week for the deal-dows, as it were. So we are going to start with legal news and then cover Supreme Court opinions. Finally, we will bring you a great conversation. Kate and Melissa recently had with one of Kate's colleagues at Penn Law, Dorothy Roberts, about her terrific recent book, The Mixed Marriage Project. We might intersperse some favorite things before that interview, some after little special announcement, so be sure to stay tuned for all of that.

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