A Supreme Court week of gun history, immigration, and voting-rights fallout
This preview, based only on the show notes, points to a wide-ranging Strict Scrutiny episode centered on Wolford v. Lopez and the Court’s treatment of Second Amendment history. The hosts also touch immigration rulings, several other opinions, and end with recent voting-rights news.
This is a preview based on the published show notes, not a recap of the full audio. If you’re deciding whether to queue this one up, the clearest draw is the episode’s main segment on **Wolford v. Lopez**, which the notes frame as a clash between **private property rights** and the **right to bear arms**. The description also signals a sharp critique of Justice Samuel Alito’s approach to history, so listeners interested in how the Court uses historical reasoning in Second Amendment cases will likely find this especially relevant. The episode also appears to function as a broader Supreme Court roundup. Melissa, Leah, and Kate briefly revisit the Court’s **two major immigration decisions** from the prior week before moving into a long list of additional opinions. Based on the notes, those include cases involving **green card holders, tax foreclosures, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, corporate liability for human rights abuses, and pesticides**. The closing segment turns to **recent voting-rights news**, which may make this a good pick for listeners who want both case analysis and a wider view of the legal and political landscape. The “favorite things” section suggests some extra recommendations and legal reading, but the main value here seems to be the hosts’ take on a busy stretch of Supreme Court activity—with the gun-rights history debate at the center.
About this episode
<div> <p>Melissa, Leah, and Kate briefly recap the Court’s two major immigration decisions last week (for a deeper dive, check out last week’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wetONQXfI">emergency episode</a>), before digging into the Second Amendment case, <em>Wolford v. Lopez</em>, which featured a cage match between private property rights and the right to bear arms, as well as Sam Alito’s funhouse-mirror version of history. Also covered: opinions involving green card holders, tax foreclosures, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, corporate liability for human rights abuses, and pesticides. They wrap up the show with some of the latest voting rights news.</p><p>Favorite things:</p></div><ul> <li> <strong>Leah</strong>:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQIQTBYI00&t=491s">Kate on Hasan Minhaj’s podcast</a>; JD Vance’s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mp5ddlp3322x">Richard Nixon revival</a>; <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.665317/gov.uscourts.nysd.665317.65.0.pdf">SDNY on trans minors</a> </li> <li><p><strong>Kate</strong>:Judge Patrick J. Schiltz’s <a href="https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/00043_Immigration-Enforcement-Subpoenas_Order.pdf">opinion</a> quashing the subpoenas to state and local Minnesota officials</p></li> </ul><div> <p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE on November 6th in Washington, DC: <a href="http://crookedcon.com/">Crookedcon.com<br><br></a>Buy Melissa’s book,<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-constitution-annotated-for-the-contemporary-reader-melissa-murray/8e7f0dfa472fc3ca?ean=9781668221938&next=t&"> The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader<br><br></a>Buy Leah’s book, <a href="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">Lawless</a>, now out in paperback</p><p>Follow us on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en"> Instagram</a>,<a href="https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast"> Threads</a>, and<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social"> Bluesky<br><br></a>For a transcript of an episode of Strict Scrutiny please email <a href="mailto:transcripts@crooked.com">transcripts@crooked.com</a>.<br></p></div>