Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

I know nothing about law and have little interest in it, but Amicus is the most entertaining and enlightening podcast I subscribe to…and funny to boost!

This was en excellent episode! I have listened to 2 other podcasts in my effort to understand issues of birthright citizenship & nationwide injunctions. Amicus has done far superior job in clarifying what is at play, particularly when highlighting what was said by the justices, solicitor general. I thank u for this cogent discussion.

How do you talk at length about the upcoming shadow docket without any mention of the judgments being temporary? I had to stop listing after the hosts summarized Trump v USA as the court crowning Trump as king, granting him blanket immunity!?! How did they come to that conclusion?

I get it: I’m white. Not only that, but I’m a man. I regularly take my lumps because I’m part of the majority in the horrific decisions being made over the course of history. A couple of episodes ago, I couldn’t help but feel two things: attacked and confused. Dahlia unabashedly kept stressing the latest topic was because of “mostly white males.” She loves stressing it like someone who feels green-lit to make disparaging remarks about obese people, but this episode was more like a drunk person going off on minorities. If we fight for equality for one group or the other, or want equality for a few groups but think it’s OK to beat on this group, we keep all of these fights going. One would think someone as smart as Dahlia would understand this. If I’m not going to be included in an otherwise equal world, why do I bother standing up for the wrongs I see or hear? Why am I reading books to get a better understanding of a minority’s plight so I can speak more coherently when talking to others?