Al and Dahlia Lithwick on The Monarchic Supreme Court

Al and Dahlia Lithwick on The Monarchic Supreme Court

From The Al Franken Podcast by The Al Franken Podcast

June 28, 2026 · 1h 13m

About this episode

Al Franken and Dahlia Lithwick discuss the Supreme Court's recent decisions and the implications for democracy and citizen activism.

For the final episode of The Al Franken Podcast, we're joined one last time by our good friend Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate and host of the Amicus podcast! As we await the Supreme Court’s remaining decisions, we turn to Dahlia to recap a bleak judicial term, including the decisions to gut the Voting Rights Act, strip immigrants of their Temporary Protected Status, and expel transgender servicemembers from the military. Dahlia and Al look past the mainstream media's narrative of a "moderate" bench to reveal an institution deeply aligned with MAGA's political playbook that continues to make way for an imperial presidency. On a more hopeful note, Dahlia offers a blueprint for how regular citizens can find their lane and fight back from the ground up. Dahlia issues a call for Americans to move past "learned helplessness" to dismantle the cult of the Court and return constitutional power to the people. LISTEN to Dahlia's podcast, Amicus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786 READ Dahlia in Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/author/dahlia-lithwick

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Host: Al Franken

Guest: Dahlia Lithwick

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Organizations: Slate, Amicus, MAGA

Books & works: Voting Rights Act, Temporary Protected Status, transgender servicemembers

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