{"podcast":{"title":"Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts","slug":"amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420","podcast_index_feed_id":512420,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b","website_url":"https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/1778870793592-6ede6217-f697-4e96-9d91-bb8ee0c06653.jpeg","author":"Slate Audio","episode_count":465,"summary":"A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America. Get more Amicus with Slate Plus. Join to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420"},"episode":{"title":"Preview: Fed Up","slug":"preview-fed-up","published_at":"2026-01-21T22:42:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/preview-fed-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420","url":"https://shows.acast.com/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/episodes/697151c5d00eff242df2382f","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/e/697151c5d00eff242df2382f/media.mp3","summary":"In this member-exclusive episode, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the Supreme Court’s fact-free foray into Trump v. Cook , a case that economists warn could crater the economy. President Donald Trump spent the first weeks of his second stint in the White House firing a lot of people from government agencies. For the most part, the High Court’s conservative justices let it slide, in line with their general “he’s the President, let him do it” posture. But Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook was different. In August, Trump fired off a post on Truth Social, then sacked Cook a few days later, leaving a huge question mark hanging over the independence of the Fed.  Turns out, that’s a very big deal for anyone who wants to avoid hyperinflation and economic disaster. During Wednesday’s arguments , it was clear that even Trump’s hand-picked justices felt as though they would like to avoid such catastrophes. What ensued was more about feelings, fear, and frustration than law, but that may be the best we can hope for.  This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subscribing to Slate Plus. By joining, not only will you unlock weekly bonus episodes of Amicus—you’ll also access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this member-exclusive episode, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the Supreme Court’s fact-free foray into Trump v. Cook , a case t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":560,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/episodes/preview-fed-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/preview-fed-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}