Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · Slate Podcasts
What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025
December 27, 2025·1 hr 6 min·5 clips
The Supreme Court just ruled against Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, marking a surprising defeat.
As heard by us
A year-end SCOTUS reckoning that turns procedure into a story about power.
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern treat this year-end Amicus as a hard look at what the Roberts majority wants and how far it has moved by calendar year 2025.
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You want a sober 2025 Supreme Court reckoning, not a decorative year-end roundup.
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