Fake Cases, Fake Facts, Real Implications

<p>Melissa, Kate, and Leah recap arguments in a big tax case, <i>Moore</i> v. <i>United States</i>, and a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/health/sacklers-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.txMt.kr-T2IUsCjx5&amp;smid=url-share">bankruptcy case</a> involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Plus, we have a breaking (and heart-breaking) update on an <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218370770/texas-supreme-court-pauses-ruling-allowing-pregnant-woman-to-have-abortion">abortion-related case out of Texas</a>.</p><ul>

<li>Read Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddin's stunning <a href="https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SCAP-22-0000429con.pdf">concurrence excoriating originalism</a>

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<li>Listen to our recent episode on <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/a-code-of-misconduct/">another abortion-related case out of Texas</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>