Melissa, Kate, and Leah recap arguments in a big tax case, Moore v. United States, and a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/health/sacklers-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.txMt.kr-T2IUsCjx5&smid=url-share" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">abortion-related case out of Texas</a>.<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></li><li>Listen to our recent episode on <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/a-code-of-misconduct/" target="_blank">another abortion-related case out of Texas</a></li></ul>
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Behind the Scenes of Overturning Roe v. Wade

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives.

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