Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Term the Court Stopped Pretending

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Term the Court Stopped Pretending

Published: July 11, 2026

Duration: 1:00:48

The Supreme Court just wrapped one of its most consequential terms in decades—and Amicus brought together three heavyweight legal experts to break down the damage. Their conversation centers on the biggest themes of the recent term: Congress has been sidelined completely; the Court is the final arbiter of all things; hubris has become the methodology, and the midterms should worry us all.  

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are joined by civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill, legal historian Nikolas Bowie, and Supreme Court expert Stephen Vladeck. The panel dissects a term defined by judicial supremacy: the gutt...