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 ask no favor for my sex.

All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.

Thank you. Hello, and welcome back to Strict Scrutiny, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

Where your hosts, I'm Melissa Murray.

I'm Leo Whitman. And I'm

Kate Shaw. And just to be clear, we're all still reeling from the results of the presidential

election. And we are somehow still waiting for results in key congressional races. But we are

a Supreme Court podcast. The Supreme Court has been at work, which means that we have too. So here's what we have in

store for you on today's episode. First up, a few dabs of court culture and breaking news. That will

include covering the ongoing auditions for the role of America's next SCOTUS justice, as well as the

fire hose of appointments news that we've been handed, as well

as a few other things. And then we're going to recap the November sitting. But first, let's turn to

the auditions. Leah? Well, with the Trump 2.0 administration on the horizon, the auditions

have begun for those ambitious individuals

seeking Supreme Court nominations. And specifically, within one week of the election, one judge

Jim Ho decided to just get out there and say, you know what? That whole birthright citizenship thing,

...