{"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: The Worst Voting Rights Decision Since Jim Crow","slug":"preview-the-worst-voting-rights-decision-since-jim-crow","published_at":"2026-04-29T21:33:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-512420/preview-the-worst-voting-rights-decision-since-jim-crow","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/69f278bbc2d898b28bd3542f","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/e/69f278bbc2d898b28bd3542f/media.mp3","summary":"On Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the latest, probably lethal  blow in the Supreme Court’s decades-long campaign against multi-racial democracy in America, with a  6-3 majority opinion gutting what remained of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v Callais . In this special extra episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization. Nelson argued Louisiana v. Callais before the United States Supreme Court in October of 2025. Together, they examine the history ignored by the right wing majority, and look ahead to the disastrous consequences this ruling unleashes on American democracy, from school boards all the way to the halls of congress. 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":"On Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the latest, probably lethal blow in the Supreme Court’s decades-long campaign against multi-racial demo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":502,"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-the-worst-voting-rights-decision-since-jim-crow/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-the-worst-voting-rights-decision-since-jim-crow.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}