Kate and Leah run through the latest legal news, including updates on the SNAP benefits case, the email dump that revealed Jeffrey Epstein's deep ties to the establishment, and the political persecution of Representative LaMonica McIver. Then they catch up on the past couple weeks of oral arguments at the Supreme Court, which featured bad signs for a prisoner seeking damages after a flagrant violation of his religious rights, some relaxing detours into civil procedure, and Brett Kavanaugh’s deeply felt sense of injustice over…lawsuits against military contractors.Favorite Things:<ul><li>Leah: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/broken-country-reese-s-book-club-clare-leslie-hall/051a5eca2446f3fd?ean=9781668078181&next=t">Broken Country</a>, Clare Leslie Hall; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/wild-dark-shore-reese-s-book-club-pick-a-novel-charlotte-mcconaghy/45160eba5b1e0f1f?ean=9781250827951&next=t">Wild Dark Shore</a>, Charlotte McConaghy; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/first-lie-wins-reese-s-book-club-a-novel-ashley-elston/dcd74bea95a7e4c1?ean=9780593492932&next=t">First Lie Wins</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vitil9qMN6A">Dopamine</a>, Robyn; Joyce Carol Oates on <a href="https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/1987269465013428557">X</a>; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/in-matt-gaetz-scandal-circumstances-left-girl-vulnerable-to-exploitation.html">In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation</a>, Michael S. Schmidt (NYT)</li><li>Kate: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/podcasts/serial-productions-the-preventionist.html">The Preventionist </a>(Serial, NYT); <a href="https://florence.lnk.to/everybodyscream">Everybody Scream</a>, Florence + The Machine; <a href="https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/thornton-wilder-the-long-christmas-dinner">The Long Christmas Dinner</a>, Symphony Space; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/trump-resistance-is-everywhere">A Year On From Trump’s Victory, Resistance Is Everywhere</a>, Rebecca Solnit (Guardian)</li></ul>
Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025!&nbsp;<ul><li>3/6/26 – San Francisco</li><li>3/7/26 – Los Angeles</li></ul>Learn more: <a href="http://crooked.com/events">http://crooked.com/events</a>Order your copy of Leah's book, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628" target="_blank">Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes</a>Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast" target="_blank">Threads</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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