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This week’s episode of Amicus included a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answered listeners’ burning questions about the law and its odds of surviving a second Trump administration. Amicus listeners have a lot of smart questions, so we’re starting a new occasional “Dear (Juris)Prudence” series in which we share your questions, as well as Mark’s and Dahlia’s answers. Write to amicus@slate.com to pose a question to Dahlia and Mark. This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Dear (Juris)Prudence:

The second question in the order setting up the overturning of Humphrey’s Executor has received less attentio

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