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Wes Fryer May 18

#StrictScrutiny [PODCAST] 🎙️ "How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare"

https://podcasts.wesfryer.com/episode/wd5gzAKzlnrD3YeXLeTX

#podcommons #ConCW #CultureWar #SupremeCourt #ShadowDocket #democracy #abortion

Techdirt [Unofficial]Apr 3

In Chiles V. Salazar The Supreme Court Issues A Bad Good First Amendment Decision

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/in-chiles-v-salazar-the-supreme-court-issues-a-bad-good-first-amendment-decision/

In Chiles V. Salazar The Supreme Court Issues A Bad Good First Amendment Decision

The Supreme Court’s decision last year in U.S. v. Skirmetti, upholding a law depriving young trans people the healthcare they need, is insupportable, rendering people unequal in a way the Con…

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Nonilex Mar 31

Chiles’s legal team told the court the law should be subject to a demanding standard of judicial scrutiny that would require the state to show its #law advances a compelling govt interest [like preventing #ChildAbuse??] & is narrowly designed to do so. They say that if the law were subject to that higher standard, known as #StrictScrutiny, courts would find that it violates the #Constitution. The therapist's position was backed in court by the #Trump admin.

#SCOTUS #LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy

Techdirt [Unofficial]Mar 12

Don’t Ban Kids From Using Chatbots

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/dont-ban-kids-from-using-chatbots/

Don’t Ban Kids From Using Chatbots

Laws prohibiting minors from accessing AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT would violate the First Amendment. But that’s not stopping lawmakers from trying. Senator Josh Hawley has introduced the Guid…

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Techdirt [Unofficial]Dec 31

Judge To Texas: You Can’t Age-Gate The Entire Internet Without Evidence

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Judge To Texas: You Can’t Age-Gate The Entire Internet Without Evidence

Over the summer, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority upended decades of traditional First Amendment standards to say that Texas could put in place an age verification law if that law was inte…

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Spin D'Accord Jul 7, 2025

This is a hard listen b/c it's triggering.

On an objective basis, it cannot be possible to nuance your way from flipping back and forth on the issues, coincidentally aligned to political leanings, and claim to be impartial/apolitical. It's bullshit and everyone can see right through the thinnest of veneers.

#SCOTUS #StrictScrutiny #USPol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Y2yn2Y3XM

SCOTUS Term Recap: How the Court Became Trump's Enabler

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Lyle Solla-Yates Jul 13, 2024

I’m listening to a #podcast crossover episode with the #StrictScrutiny crew running down the last year of crazy, frightening #scotus action. Not the most calming material, but it is helpful to hear informed thoughts on it. There was a lot that I missed or did not understand https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/id1382983397?i=1000661627486

‎Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast: SCOTUS Doing Its Worst - Strict Scrutiny Crossover on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast, Ep SCOTUS Doing Its Worst - Strict Scrutiny Crossover - Jul 9, 2024

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Pete Jun 21, 2024

@LeahLitman (of #StrictScrutiny podcast fame and U. Mich Law prof) on why the Supreme Court's delay in ruling on the Trump immunity case is intentional and hurts us all. (Paywall free link.)
#SCOTUS
https://archive.ph/Gq8cX