Leah Litman
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof. Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
Together with her co-authors Leah Litman of the University of Michigan School of Law and Katherine Shaw of Penn Carey School of Law, @profmmurray.bsky.social won the 2026 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law for the academic paper, “Unsettling the Presidency.”
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...
Colbert Savages NSA And Rep. Mike Rogers In 'See No Evil' Segment
Colbert Savages NSA and Rep. Mike Rogers in 'See No Evil' Segment
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Michigan: This is the way. Senate control runs through MI. We cannot afford to lose this seat. All the energy that went into the primary- & into offering #takes on the primary (including this AM)- has to go to the election in November. A MI senate seat is the difference between an R vs D Senate.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 13h agoEl-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
What last night's results show is that whatever I thought about this election yesterday is just as true today
And all credit to politico for getting the audio of this call - I should have mentioned that in the clip!! @alicemiranda.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast@strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 21h agoOn Todd Blanche: (1) his written statement on the weaponization fund is a meaningless joke and (2) the danger(s) he poses to abortion access: m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJAY...
On Todd Blanche: (1) his written statement on the weaponization fund is a meaningless joke and (2) the danger(s) he poses to abortion access: m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJAY...
LEAKED AUDIO: Todd Blanche Is Planing To ATTACK Abortion Rights
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Slotkin tells me on Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, “the most important thing is putting a check and balance on Donald Trump, so I will support whoever wins.”
I talked to NPR 1A’s Jenn White about the upcoming Kansas ballot initiative that seeks to change how the state Supreme Court justices are selected - because the right isn’t happy with how the court has ruled. the1a.org/segments/if-...
If You Can Keep It: Should judges be elected?
How judges are picked in this country and what it means for their rulings?
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Trump’s DOJ gets “expert” Mafia witness to explain the term, “86.”
Excited that my latest article Remedial Essentialism is going to appear in the University of Chicago Law Review at the end of 2026 (I think - or maybe it's 2027....)! @uchilrev.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social 👏👏 A pretty savvy 30 something recommend this excellent podcast hosted by @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social -- Really good stuff.
Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d agoKate & I were reunited on this week's Strict Scrutiny - and we also got to talk to Rick Hasen! Check it out (including the conversation that Kate had with a senior counsel at If When How about the important work they're doing to combat pregnancy criminalization):
Kate & I were reunited on this week's Strict Scrutiny - and we also got to talk to Rick Hasen! Check it out (including the conversation that Kate had with a senior counsel at If When How about the important work they're doing to combat pregnancy criminalization):
Strict Scrutiny Podcast@strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Kate & Leah cover some GOOD legal news (Parampunt merger on hold!) before Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social joins to talk about the Pres anti-voting EO that’s now up at SCOTUS & then @ifwhenhow.bsky.social Farrah Diaz-Tello talks pregnancy criminalization crooked.com/podcast/will...
Excited that my latest article Remedial Essentialism is going to appear in the University of Chicago Law Review at the end of 2026 (I think - or maybe it's 2027....)! @uchilrev.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We're very happy criminal charges were dropped against our client Justin Carreno, who we were representing for purposes of his federal contracting employment. He lost two jobs due to this frivolous arrest. At minimum, he is entitled to public apology. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Breaking: The DOJ just dismissed their case against Davey Hearn for touching water in the Reflecting Pool The Trump admin acknowledges the "damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor,” and not vandalism as Trump claimed
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee defeated an effort by Democrats to block the Trump admin plan to shield Trump from IRS audits.
Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a vocal critic of the immunity plan, sided against a Democratic amendment to block it outright.
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Today on The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @leahlitman.bsky.social about why Trump’s bullying of ABC should undermine his case and how explicit corruption is intrinsic to his political project. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/NLcaWrSXZRU
The Daily Blast: Trump Blurted Out Shockingly Vile Plot to Censor ABC—It Just Backfired
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Todd Blanche, 2 weeks ago: “There is no weaponization fund. The weaponization fund is dead.” Donald Trump today: Gimme my weaponization fund. ⤵️
Trump makes his corruption open and explicit on purpose: It helps normalize and numb people to it, and puts our institutions on notice that they need to bend the knee to him. Check out this exchange with @leahlitman.bsky.social on this point: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Amazing: ABC's new challenge to Trump's corrupt use of FCC to censor the network cites TRUMP'S OWN TWEETS AND STATEMENTS as evidence that he fully intended to punish it for its reporting and viewpoints. On the pod, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains all this so well: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Trump Blurted Out Openly Corrupt Plot to Censor ABC—and It Backfired
As Trump’s sordid pressure on ABC comes back to bite him, a legal expert explains why the network is in a good position to withstand Trump-MAGA bullying—and how this case will likely play out.
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I had a blast talking with Greg Sargent on the Daily Blast (see what I did there?) about ABC exposing and fighting back against Trump/FCC’s fairly open retaliatory targeting of ABC
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d agoAmazing: ABC's new challenge to Trump's corrupt use of FCC to censor the network cites TRUMP'S OWN TWEETS AND STATEMENTS as evidence that he fully intended to punish it for its reporting and viewpoints. On the pod, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains all this so well: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
COME WORK at the ACLU! @aclu-norcal.bsky.social is hiring attorneys to work on tech and civil rights (my team) and the criminal legal/immigration system. These folks will work at the cutting edge of legal and policy efforts in California and beyond. Apply here: www.aclunorcal.org/jobs/staff-a...
Staff Attorney / Senior Staff Attorney - ACLU of Northern California
Develop and carry out litigation and policy advocacy to advance to protect and defend civil rights and civil liberties for all Californians.
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"Michigan has 23 fewer infectious disease workers and 123 fewer county health staff after the Trump administration in 2025 canceled around $12 billion in COVID-era grants to states." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Michigan battles massive cyclosporiasis outbreak as state reels from Trump cuts
Two weeks before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its cyclosporiasis health warning on July 14, Michigan warned of an unusually large outbreak of parasitic disease that was c...
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Thanks @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social for having me on to discuss how the loss of independent agencies has weakened civil rights protections for workers audioboom.com/posts/893259... & www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLH6...
Dude Process, Not Due Process
Huge news for lawyers: You can now listen to Strict Scrutiny for CLE! More info at http://crooked.com/strict_cleFriend of the Pod Emily Amick of Emily in Your Phone (https://emilyinyourphone.substack....
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