Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

<p>Melissa interviews <a href="https://slate.com/author/dahlia-lithwick">Dahlia Lithwick</a> about her best-selling book <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lady-justice-women-the-law-and-the-battle-to-save-america-dahlia-lithwick/17838520?ean=9780525561385"><i>Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America</i></a>. They discuss overlooked women who shaped the legal system, complicity in judicial culture, the problem with clerkships, and what it means to actually participate in rebuilding a broken system. The conversation was originally a virtual New York University Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network Book Talk in October 2022.</p><ul>

<li>Order <i>Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America</i> <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lady-justice-women-the-law-and-the-battle-to-save-america-dahlia-lithwick/17838520?ean=9780525561385">here</a> (use STRICT10 at checkout for 10% off!)</li>

<li>Read more about <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-274">Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt</a>

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<li>Watch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Pauli-Murray/dp/B09DMPMWCP">this documentary</a> about lawyer and activist Pauli Murray, an often under-credited legal pioneer of civil rights, racial justice and gender justice, and listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-name-is-pauli-murray/id1469168641?i=1000506476405">Strict Scrutiny's interview with the film makers</a>

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<li>Learn more about the <a href="https://refugeerights.org/people/becca-heller">International Refugee Assistance Project</a>

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</ul><p></p><p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! </p><ul>

<li>3/6/26 – San Francisco</li>

<li>3/7/26 – Los Angeles</li>

</ul><p></p><p>Learn more: <a href="http://crooked.com/events">http://crooked.com/events</a></p><p>Order your copy of Leah's book, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628">Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes</a></p><p>Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast">Threads</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p>