Dahlia Lithwick is joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/marceelias">Marc Elias</a>, who has litigated more election and voting cases than almost anyone, to talk about <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/alabama-defying-supreme-court-gerrymandering-whoops.html">Alabama’s disregard for SCOTUS’ decision</a> in the big Voting Rights Act case of last term, and why the lawlessness is the point. They also delve into the dangers of tying the <a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/lawsuit-filed-to-remove-trump-from-ballot-in-co-under-14th-amendment/">disqualification of former President Donald J Trump from office</a> under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the outcomes in his criminal trials. And why, when it comes to defending democracy, depending on the courts may make sense in the short term, but faces serious problems in the long term.In this week’s <a href="https://slate.com/amicusplus">Amicus Plus</a> segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to discuss Justice Samuel Alito’s chosen venue to publish a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-alito-ethics-senate-democrats-89bcb5186b03acc0dab353e6c2aa01a3">love letter to Senator Dick Durbin</a>, Chief Justice John Roberts’ chosen venue to publish a<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-kavanaugh-alabama/index.html"> love letter to Justice Brett Kavanaugh</a>, and why a <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/supreme-court-praying-coach-joe-kennedy-fake.html">major religious freedom case</a> is looking more and more like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_play">fake spike</a>.  <a href="https://my.slate.com/plus?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Amicus&utm_source=show_notes">Sign up for Slate Plus</a> now to listen and support our show. Dahlia’s book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525561382/?tag=slatmaga-20">Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America</a>, is also available as an audiobook, and <a href="https://books.supportingcast.fm/lady-justice">Amicus listeners can get a 25 percent discount by entering the code “AMICUS” at checkout</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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