rich 1.0 Leah, Melissa, Kate, and special guest Elie Mystal of The Nation speculate about why the Court is hoarding opinions this late into bad decision season before diving deep on the ruling in United States v. Hemani, which features drugs, the Second Amendment, and Amy Coney Barrett’s iconic Ambien jar. Plus: a new summer cocktail makes its debut, and no holds are barred, especially when it comes to Trump’s flop makeover of the Reflecting Pool. This episode was recorded live at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Favorite things: Leah:Barack Obama’s speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEAmx1vsuMo) at the opening of his presidential center, Kate:Michelle Obama’s speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waUjBY1oaOE) ; Obama and Mamdani Show How It’s Done (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/opinion/us-250-obama-library-mamdani-knicks-trump.html) , Jamelle Bouie (NYT) Melissa: Becoming (https://www.netflix.com/title/81122487) (Netflix); her award-winning audiobook (https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781668156018-the-u-s-constitution) Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE on November 6th in Washington, DC: Crookedcon.com (http://crookedcon.com/) Buy Melissa’s book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-constitution-annotated-for-the-contemporary-reader-melissa-murray/8e7f0dfa472fc3ca?ean=9781668221938&next=t&) Buy Leah’s book, Lawless (https://bookshop.org/p/books/lawless-how-the-supreme-court-runs-on-conservative-grievance-fringe-theories-and-bad-vibes-leah-litman/5b562d6fcb316d6e?ean=9781668054642&next=t) , now out in paperback Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en) , Threads (https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast) , and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social) Strict Scrutiny https://audioboom.com/channels/5166629-strict-scrutiny Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43408246/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8919173/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>