Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick Creators & Guests

Mark Joseph Stern is a reporter. He is currently a legal analyst and Supreme Court correspondent for Slate Magazine, where he covers courts and the law.Stern's first book, "American Justice 2019: The Roberts Court Arrives" was published in 2019.

Dahlia Lithwick is a writer and journalist. Currently, she is a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate.

Sara Burningham is a podcast story editor, writer and producer. Currently, she is a Lead Producer for Slate Magazine. She also founded and edits the podcast "Making Gay History."Previously, Burningham was a producer, reporter, and host for Public Radio station KUAF 91.3 in Northwest Arkansas.Burningham attended SOAS University of London, and received her Masters degree in Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University.

Harry Litman is a lawyer, law professor, and political commentator.

Luis Cortes-Romero is a lawyer for refugees and partner in Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation at Center's Washington Office.

Heather McGhee is a political commentator and strategist.

Andrew Weissmann is an attorney, writer, and author of the book Where Law Ends.

Chase Strangio is an American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He is a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Aaron Belkin is a political scientist, researcher, author, and activist. Currently, he is professor of political science at San Francisco State University, where he teaches on delusion and paranoia in American politics. Belkin's most recent book, "Bring Me Men" Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire," was in 2012.Since 1999, Belkin has served as founding director of the gay rights organization Palm Center, which was successful in lobbying to reverse the military's ban on gay and transgender personnel.Previously, Belkin was an associate professor of political science at University of California, Santa Barbara and an associate professor of psychology at City University of New York.Belkin received his B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jamal Greene is an author and Professor of Law at Columbia University.

Norman Ornstein is a political scientist.

Tom Goldstein, is an attorney who specializes in Supreme Court litigation. He is known for blogging about the Supreme Court of the United States.Goldstein was a founding partner of the Washington law firm Goldstein & Russell. He has argued 30 cases before the SCOTUS, and is known for being the first lawyer to specifically pursue cases thought likely to be reviewed by the Court.In 2002, he co-founded SCOTUSblog, an essential resource for information about SCOTUS, including upcoming cases, process decisions, and final decisions. He remains the publisher and occasional contributor of analysis and summaries.Goldstein previously taught Supreme Court Litigation at Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School.

Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer.

Ian Bassin is a Democratic Party operative, former associate White House counsel to President Barack Obama, and executive director of the anti-Trump litigation groups Protect Democracy Project and United to Protect Democracy.

Adam Cohen is a journalist, author, lawyer, and former assistant editorial page editor of The New York Times. He also works in the administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Ryan Goodman is a Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security.

Sheldon Whitehouse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island.

Lawrence Gostin is a law professor who specializes in public health law, best known as the author of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and as a significant contributor to journals on medicine and law. He is also Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University and Director of the Center for Law & the Public's Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities.Gostin received his B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York at Brockport and his J.D. from Duke Law School.

Heather Cox Richardson is a historian and professor of History at Boston College