

Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
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.
Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New episodes out every Monday… plus bonuses whenever SCOTUS takes away another one of our rights.
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.
Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New episodes out every Monday… plus bonuses whenever SCOTUS takes away another one of our rights.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Strict Scrutiny podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 23 episodes
Lawless
The Miseducation of America’s Elites

#2 Mentioned in 20 episodes
Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

#3 Mentioned in 9 episodes
The Annotated Constitution, a Guide for the Modern Reader

#4 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Unbearable

#5 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
#6 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Summer Storms
#7 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
God of the Woods
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Broken Country
#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Bone Valley

#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Duke of Shadows
#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Charles Sumner, Conscience of a Nation

#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Isola

#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Murder the Truth

#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Bad Law
10 bad laws that are ruining the country
#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Wild Dark Shore

#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
So Ordered
An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country

#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Matriarch

#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes













