Make America Grift Again

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<p>Leah, Melissa and Kate go on Corruption Watch to catch up on all the sketchy things happening in the judicial and executive branches. Then, they cover some recent oral arguments and opinions from The Court before bringing you a conversation from last week’s live show in LA with Representative Jimmy Gomez of California’s 34th Congressional District.</p><p>Favorite things:</p></div><ul>

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<strong>Kate</strong>: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-correspondent-a-novel-virginia-evans/87852b9a3587f7c2?ean=9780593798430&amp;next=t"><em>The Correspondent</em></a> by Virginia Evans; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/project-hail-mary-a-novel-andy-weir/00f52c9d7f2ed7f2?ean=9780593135228&amp;next=t"><em>Project Hail Mary</em></a> by Andy Weir; <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81737584"><em>Vladimir</em></a> on Netflix (adaptation of the <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/vladimir-a-novel-julia-may-jonas/277d649bf30c649c?ean=9781982187644&amp;next=t">book</a> by Julia May Jonas)</li>

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<strong>Leah</strong>: Kacey Musgraves, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlohfwTunwU&amp;list=RDNlohfwTunwU&amp;start_radio=1">Dry Spell</a>”; Judge Young’s <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27868595-aaupstay031126/">opinion</a> denying a stay of the remedies he ordered in response to the federal government’s illegal targeting of students &amp; noncitizens based on pro-Palestinian speech; Sonja Starr &amp; Genevieve Lakier, <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5395361"><em>The War on DEI as a Project of Constitutional Subversion</em></a>

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<li><p><strong>Melissa</strong>: <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/devil-is-busy/24d3b05e-15a0-4f17-9545-5f07dd381d7d"><em>The Devil is Busy</em></a> on HBO Max; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/good-woman-a-reckoning-savala-nolan/402f190b058c297f?ean=9780063320086&amp;next=t"><em>Good Woman: A Reckoning</em></a> by Savala Nolan; <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/explore/articles/love-story-fx"><em>Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. &amp; Carolyn Bessette</em></a> on Hulu and Disney+</p></li>

</ul><div>Preorder Melissa’s book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-constitution-annotated-for-the-contemporary-reader-melissa-murray/8e7f0dfa472fc3ca?ean=9781668221938&amp;next=t&amp;">The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader<br /><br /></a>Buy 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<br /><br /></a>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>