Each week, Dahlia Lithwick welcomes you to the show by saying “Amicus is Slate’s podcast about the courts, the law and the Supreme Court.” Sometimes that list includes the rule of law, sometimes democracy. In the wake of the election, Amicus and Slate’s jurisprudence team have been wrangling some big questions around what we do and how we do it. …
On this week’s bonus episode, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia go over this week’s arguments in Garland v VanDerStok, the case concerning untraceable, unlicensed DIY gun kits also known as ghost guns. Next, Dahlia and Mark turn their attention to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ loose relationship with the First Amendment, especially when it comes …
