A 10-Time SCOTUS Litigator on the Court’s Conservative Future
A 10-Time SCOTUS Litigator on the Court’s Conservative Future  
Podcast: Stay Tuned with Preet
Published On: Tue Oct 06 2026
Description: On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, veteran Supreme Court litigator Pam Karlan joins Joyce Vance, while Preet Bharara is out. Karlan served as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and as counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Today, she is a Stanford Law professor and leads the school’s Supreme Court litigation clinic.  In a free excerpt from the show, Karlan takes listeners inside the Supreme Court, sharing what she’s learned from arguing before the justices and reflecting on how the Court has changed over the past half-century. To listen to the full conversation, become an Insider today. You’ll get access to complete episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. Head to staytuned.substack.com. In the full episode, they preview the major cases the Supreme Court will hear this term: – Viramontes v. Cook County & Grant v. Higgins, whether the 2nd and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to possess semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15; – Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, whether Arizona can require people to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote; – Kian v. Florida, whether the 6th and 14th Amendments guarantee 12-person juries in criminal cases;  – International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson, whether parents have standing to challenge a state law that limits their role when their transgender children seek gender-affirming care; and  – St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, whether a state can exclude a religious school from a state funding program for violating LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination rules. Insiders, click HERE to listen to the full analysis. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices