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Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives. Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New...
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True60% confidence11 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Trump administration announced plans to take over the Postal Service to federalize elections.Said by CThe administration did announce plans to use the Postal Service for election control: a March 2026 executive order directed USPS to create ballot-screening and mail-voter-list rules, and a June 2026 USPS proposed rule followed. The words 'take over' and 'federalize' are critics' characterizations rather than the administration's own terms, and the post attributes this framing to Justice Alito's commentary, but the core assertion holds as of 2026-09-15.True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Postal Service issued a rule regarding mail-in ballots while subject to an injunction.Said by 2BThe Postal Service's final rule "Ballot Mail for Federal Elections" was issued on August 26, 2026 (effective August 21), while the August 11 preliminary injunction from the District of Massachusetts was still in place. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post, and the later stay and vacatur of the injunctions do not change the state of affairs when the rule was issued.True60% confidence8 sourcesSep 15, 2026There is zero evidence in the record that the regulation interfering with mail ballots is needed to detect election fraud.Said by 2BSources show the Postal Service's rule cited no evidence of voter fraud and that the government offered only 'common sense' when pressed for evidence that mail voting is riskier, with no countervailing record evidence against the district court's findings. The claim's 'zero evidence in the record' reading is supported as of 2026-09-15, though the sources are a party brief, a tier-2 report, and commentary rather than a neutral finding on the full record.True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026Senator Dick Durbin asked Kash Patel about the FBI's hiring criteria regarding individuals who have engaged in bestiality.Said by AMultiple reliable outlets (AP, Reuters, CBS News, The Atlantic, Courthouse News) report that Sen. Dick Durbin questioned Patel at the September 15, 2026 Senate Judiciary hearing about the FBI's revised hiring criteria, which no longer automatically disqualify applicants who engaged in bestiality. The claim matches the post's wording and the core assertion is directly corroborated.True65% confidence8 sourcesSep 15, 2026Strict Scrutiny Live is scheduled for November 6th in Washington, DC.The Crooked Con tickets page, published 2026-10-29, lists STRICT SCRUTINY Live in DC for Nov. 6th at 8 pm at the Howard Theatre, which matches the claim. The claim is a faithful extraction of the post's ticket promotion, and the page is the promoter's own listing, so confidence is capped.True80% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026Trump's administration is planning to use the Postal Service to federalize elections.Said by CSources from before and on 2026-09-15 document a Trump administration plan, under a March 2026 executive order, to use the Postal Service to screen or restrict mail ballots, and Reuters reports Trump urged Republicans to "nationalize" voting. The claim's "federalize" wording is a characterization, but the underlying plan to expand federal control through USPS is well supported; the claim drops the word "interfere" from the passage without changing its substance.True70% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Postal Service regulation would throw out ballots in batches if any ballot fails to comply with arbitrary rules.Said by 2CThe USPS rule's verification standard is zero percent failure, so one barcode mismatch can cause an entire batch to be rejected, which is supported by the USPS amicus brief and the Federal Register text. The claim's 'throw out' wording overstates the mechanism somewhat, since the Federal Register says rejected mailings are returned to the ballot mailer and can be corrected, and 'arbitrary' is the claimant's characterization rather than a sourced finding. The rule was in force as of 2026-09-15.Can’t tell35% confidence10 sourcesSep 15, 2026Zebiotics Pre-Alcohol probiotic drink is the world's first genetically engineered probiotic.Said by AThe only sources that state the 'world's first genetically engineered probiotic' framing are ZBiotics' own materials and interviews with its CEO, which are self-claims rather than independent verification. The SF Chronicle (2025) attributes the claim to Abbott ('he claims'), and no fact-checker or independent authority in the sources examined or rejected it, so the sources neither substantiate nor dispute the superlative. The claim was made on 2026-09-15 and the post is a Strict Scrutiny episode that merely repeats it; the sources show no change in the claim's status since then.Can’t tell30% confidence9 sourcesSep 15, 2026Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas indicated they would allow Donald Trump to rig and steal the upcoming midterm elections.Said by 2BSources confirm that Alito and Thomas alone dissented from the September 14 order keeping the Postal Service mail-ballot rule blocked, and that they argued the rules targeted election fraud. No source reports that they indicated they would let Trump rig or steal the midterms; that is the post's hyperbolic characterization, and the sources neither substantiate nor dispute it as a factual claim.Can’t tell40% confidence3 sourcesSep 15, 2026Justice Samuel Alito compared the Postal Service's mail-in ballot regulation to the requirement to list a recipient's address on mail.Said by 2CThe claim matches the passage's wording, but the visible excerpts do not show Alito making the address-listing comparison. Source 6 reports that he called the rule 'simply a mailing requirement similar to others,' which partly fits the claim, but the primary dissent excerpt is truncated before any such passage.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell40% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026The constitutional question regarding the mail-in ballot rule was argued in conference nearly seven months ago.Said by 2CThe sources do not report when the justices discussed the mail-in ballot question in conference, and the claim's 'constitutional question' is not clearly tied to a specific case. The Watson v. RNC oral argument on March 23, 2026 (about 5.8 months before the September 15 post) is the nearest documented date, but it is an argument rather than a conference and does not clearly match 'nearly seven months.'Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell40% confidence3 sourcesSep 15, 2026The production staff of Strict Scrutiny is unionized with the Writers Guild of America East.Said by 2CThe only source that repeats the claim is a Crooked Media podcast page (May 2026) that uses the same wording, so it traces back to the show's own publisher and is not independent corroboration. The WGAE's list of unionized nonfiction production companies and its AFL-CIO profile neither confirm nor refute the claim for Strict Scrutiny, so the claim cannot be graded against an independent record. The extraction matches the post, which resolves 'our production staff' to Strict Scrutiny from the post's title and author.