<div> <p>Kate, Melissa, and Leah try to wrap their heads around Trump’s nearly $2 billion DOJ slush fund, which they agree may be—despite <em>extremely</em> stiff competition—the biggest act of trolling and self-dealing of his second term. The professors count the ways this is so, so illegal, and speculate on how it can be challenged (looking at you, Congress).<strong> </strong>They also cover other legal news and some SCOTUS opinions before speaking with Dorothy Roberts about her book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mixed-marriage-project-a-memoir-of-love-race-and-family-dorothy-roberts/d5922a6c45c20de3?ean=9781668068380&amp;next=t">The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family</a>. Enter Leah’s merch giveaway for the paperback edition of Lawless <a href="https://forms.gle/VRqxPXiPuZpC3Un47">here</a>!</p><p>Favorite things:</p></div><ul> <li>Kate: Nikolas Bowie’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hgo63HsgLo">testimony</a> before the House Judiciary Committee</li> <li>Leah: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0bzP9iV2QbM6174JLfGxcc">It’s Not That Deep</a>, Demi Lovato</li> <li><p>Melissa: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/kin-oprah-s-book-club-a-novel-tayari-jones/b39cfc2eee0fdadf?ean=9780525659181&amp;next=t">Kin</a>, Tayari Jones</p></li> </ul><div><p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2026! </p></div><ul><li><p>6/20/26 – New York City</p></li></ul><div> <p>Learn more:<a href="http://crooked.com/events"> http://crooked.com/events<br><br></a>Buy Melissa’s bestselling book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-constitution-annotated-for-the-contemporary-reader-melissa-murray/8e7f0dfa472fc3ca?ean=9781668221938&amp;next=t&amp;">The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader<br><br></a>Preorder a signed paperback of Leah’s book, Lawless, <a href="https://literatibookstore.com/book/signedlawless">here</a>.</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</a></p></div>