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Boom! Lawyered

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Every week, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take you on a wild ride through the latest legal battles in the fight for reproductive justice. On everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, Boom! Lawyered will help you get smart, stay mad, have fun, and fight back.

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Mifepristone’s Not-So-Bad Day at the Court

March 26, 2024 18:25 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Who had a bad day at the Supreme Court this morning for oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine? Erin Hawley. What had an OK day at the Supreme Court? Mifepristone! In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani agree that mifepristone's big moment before the justices didn't seem as bad as they were expecting. Listen along and get the nuts and bolts of the important points from today's oral arguments. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that...

Two Key Issues to Watch in the High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case

March 22, 2024 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Pace yourself this Supreme Court season, folks, as we head into oral arguments for two major abortion rights cases before the term ends.  First up on Tuesday is FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which will decide the fate of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. Not only could a ruling before the end of the Court term wipe out access, conservatives are using the case to resurrect the Comstock Act to eventually outlaw "obscene" things like contraception in the ...

The Fifth Circuit Just Took Us One Step Closer to Ending Birth Control Access

March 15, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

This week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Deanda v. Becerra, which challenges teens’ ability to access birth control without parental consent. The Fifth Circuit, unsurprisingly, ruled in favor of Deanda, upending four decades of federal precedent. Jess and Imani break down the appeals court’s decision and why the ruling is a ticking time bomb for Title X in other states, too. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made...

What’s With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills? (Re-Release)

February 23, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

The next major Supreme Court fight over nationwide abortion access since the overturn of Roe v. Wade is coming up. Oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, regarding mifepristone access, one of two drugs used in medication abortion, is set for March 26, and the justices could potentially set access back decades. In this flashback episode, Jess and Imani discuss how anti-choice activists are using scare tactics—and language like “chemical abortion”—to stigmatize mifepristo...

Valentine's Week Message From Jess and Imani

February 16, 2024 12:00 - 37 seconds - 591 KB

Catch up with stories you may have missed at rewirenewsgroup.com. Rewire News Groupis a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Hello Mife, My Old Friend. Junk Science Is Attacking You Again.

February 09, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

Junk science is everywhere surrounding the big medication abortion case the Supreme Court will hear in late March, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The junk science is so improper, in fact, that the academic publishers who published studies that were cited by the plaintiffs—and the lower court judge who ruled on it, Matthew Kacsmaryk—retracted them. As Imani says in this week's episode, the Supreme Court may very well rely on a bunch of bozos when it decides to maintain the restric...

What the Hell Exactly Happened for Abortion in Pennsylvania?

February 02, 2024 11:55 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling this week regarding abortion, and there's been some confusion around it. No, the court didn't find a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution. However, the justices did pave the way for that possibility as they weighed whether Medicaid must cover abortions in Pennsylvania. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, pleas...

Why Is the Biden Administration Throwing Doctors Under the Bus?

January 26, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration issued guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to say that emergency care at Medicare-funded hospitals includes abortion care. So why, when there has been a clear violation of that, did the administration side with the hospital over the patient who needed care and throw doctors under the bus? This week, Jess and Imani get into Jaci Statton's case—the perfect example of what's wrong wi...

Discrimination Against Trans Kids and Their Parents Is Spreading

January 19, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MB

Last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban to go into effect, and that’s terrible not just for Alabama, but also for Georgia and Florida, both of which are located in the 11th Circuit and have gender-affirming care bans being litigated right now.  Hear from Jess and Imani, who've got everything you need to know about Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey and why the ruling is flat out wrong. Mentioned in this episode: This Is the Big Trans Rights Case That SCO...

Back in 'Lawyers for Fetuses' Territory

January 12, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB

We've got not one but two abortion cases at the Supreme Court this spring, with the possibility of yet another heavily rewritten reproductive rights landscape. Welcome back to Boom! Lawyered. Jess and Imani are ready to fill you in on everything you need to know about the latest Court case on EMTALA, or the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires emergency rooms to treat patients regardless of their ability to pay. But what about pregnant people who might need life...

Happy Holidays From Jess and Imani

December 22, 2023 12:00 - 1 minute - 958 KB

We'll be back on January 5, 2024.  Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Making Sense of Texas' BS: It's Special Guest Andrea Grimes!

December 15, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Texas resident and former Rewire News Group staff member Andrea Grimes joins Imani on the final episode of 2023. From Kate Cox to Texas' SB 8, they break down the confusing mess and nonsense going on in Texas' abortion landscape.  See you in 2024! Mentioned in this episode: Andrea Grimes for Rewire News Group Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by don...

The Major Trans Rights Case SCOTUS Could Hear Next Year

December 01, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

You'll likely be hearing a lot more about L.W. v. Skrmetti, a trans rights case that the ACLU has requested the Supreme Court takes up. Jess and Imani get into the nuts and bolts of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed Tennessee's gender-affirming ban targeting trans kids to take effect, breaking previous federal court consensus that these bans are unconstitutional. Led by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a George W. Bush appointee, it was the first decision to let a gender-affirmi...

Special Holiday Message From Imani and Jess!

November 24, 2023 12:00 - 59 seconds - 936 KB

Jess and Imani will be back the next week for the final three episodes of 2023. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

The Originalist Case for Arming Domestic Abusers

November 17, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

Meet Zackey Rahimi, someone who apparently has never met a situation he didn’t try to shoot his way out of, including family, random drivers, and Whataburger. Jess and Imani are back to break down last week's Supreme Court oral arguments in his case, United States v. Rahimi, which boils down to originalism on steroids. As Jess says Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's oral arguments showed, "If you believe in originalism like, really believe in it with your whole chest, then you also real...

This Case Could End Teens' Birth Control Access

October 27, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MB

The demise of the constitutional right to privacy, conservatives' attacks on birth control, and Jess and Imani's ol' pal U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. What do these things all have in common? The case Deanda v. Becerra—about whether teens can get birth control from federally funded health centers without their parents' consent. Kacsmaryk, a Trump judge, has ruled that teens can't despite Title X regulations saying they can. Jess and Imani get into why the case is such a big deal, ...

Mootness Might Save Civil Rights Testing

October 20, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

This week, Imani and Jess dive into civil procedure (sorry Jess) as they discuss whether the Supreme Court will kick a case that could interfere with enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. They explain what civil rights testers do, what case mootness is, and why the Court should—and probably will—decline to rule in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer on standing. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of liste...

Who Gets to Be a Person?

October 13, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

Imani and Jess are back to chat about the conservative assault on trans folks’ personhood. They get into the slew of attacks the community has faced this year alone, and Imani makes the case for equal rights protections for trans people. It's all part of our latest special issue, They the People. Mentioned in this episode: Here’s One Thing the Constitution Could Do to Protect Trans People It’s the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Supreme Court Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organizat...

Jess and Imani Will Return Next Week—Live!

October 06, 2023 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.14 MB

In the meantime, catch up with our latest special issue, "They the People," all about trans rights. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Our Big SCOTUS Preview

September 29, 2023 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

Smell that? It’s the stink of the Supreme Court’s corruption creeping closer. Before the Court’s next term begins Monday, Imani and Jess preview some of the upcoming cases it’s set or likely to decide, including lawsuits over access to mifepristone, racist gerrymandering, and insurance coverage for gender-affirming care.  Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our t...

Meet Ginni Thomas, the Tenth Justice

September 22, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

The Supreme Court's stink of corruption didn't take a summer break like we did. From everything going on with Ginni Thomas to Justice Samuel "the Leak" Alito and Federalist Society President Leonard Leo, Jess and Imani return and get you caught up with these democracy underminers. Can everyone get another hobby? Welcome to a new season of the Boom! Lawyered podcast. Thanks for joining us! Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible ...

The End of Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023 22:59 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Well, it happened: The Supreme Court killed affirmative action, with all six conservative justices—yes, including so-called moderate Chief Justice John Roberts—ruling against the policy in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/University of North Carolina. In the live season finale of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down the majority and dissenting opinions, and the impact it will have on college admissions. They also dig into 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which is expected to come dow...

Federal Judge Body Slams DeSantis' Attacks on Trans Kids

June 20, 2023 19:55 - 25 minutes - 24.6 MB

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle didn't mince words in his barnburner of an opinion striking down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' draconian anti-trans bill. In his opinion for Doe v. Ladapo, Hinkle wrote: "Pushing individuals away from their transgender identity is not a legitimate state interest." On a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down the decision and what's next for trans rights in the Sunshine State. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which me...

Tribal Sovereignty Triumphs in Latest SCOTUS Decision

June 16, 2023 01:16 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

Jess and Imani are back with a rapid reaction analysis of Brackeen v. Haaland, a case that threatened the Indian Child Welfare Act, which ensures that Indigenous children stay in their families and tribes. Just when we thought the Supreme Court couldn’t surprise us anymore, a majority of justices voted to protect tribal sovereignty, with Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissenting. Jess and Imani dig into why the Brackeens lost, Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion, and how...

Jess Valenti on the Fall of 'Roe' One Year Later: "All of This Is a Tragedy"

June 12, 2023 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MB

It's just Jess Pieklo on the podcast this week, and she's joined by a special guest: feminist author Jessica Valenti, who created the newsletter Abortion, Every Day.  This episode is part of our special issue, which you can view here. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Je...

Welcome to Sweaty SCOTUS Season

June 05, 2023 19:55 - 32 minutes - 30.8 MB

It's June, which means only one thing: Sweaty SCOTUS Season is here. All month long, we'll be waiting on the Supreme Court justices to release their decisions on cases heard this term. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani take a closer look at the four cases we'll be keeping an eye on—and yes, will have live rapid reaction episodes once those decisions drop. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for breaking news updates and on YouTube to get notified when we go live. Rewire News G...

The North Carolina Abortion Ban Is a Disaster

May 15, 2023 19:55 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MB

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are legislating a horrible abortion ban in the shadows that could eventually make its way up to the Supreme Court. And we know these justices just love to legislate on the shadow docket, so that's a bad sign. And the even bigger issue? The First Amendment violations.  Join Jess and Imani this week as they break down what's going on in North Carolina. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is only made poss...

The Supreme Court Is Corrupt

May 08, 2023 20:04 - 36 minutes - 34.5 MB

This week, Jess and Imani get into all clownery and corruption at the Supreme Court and what they learned from last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings over SCOTUS ethics (like Chief Justice John Roberts refusing to show up and testify). Mentioned in this episode: Rewire News Group's billboard in Memphis! Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team b...

Why Is Everybody Talking About the Comstock Act?

May 01, 2023 20:38 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MB

Conservatives are trying their hardest to resurrect the Comstock Act as a way to ban mailing abortion pills. This week, Imani is joined by special guest and colleague Garnet Henderson, Rewire News Group's senior multiplatform reporter and resident Comstock Act expert, to break down how we got here and where we're going. You won't be surprised to learn that there's someone familiar behind the push to ban access to abortion pills by mail. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, w...

We're Live in Front of an Audience!

April 25, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MB

Jess and Imani recorded this special episode of Boom! Lawyered in front of a live audience over the weekend at the Summit for Religious Freedom. Tune in for their expert analysis on the mifepristone lawsuit. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedica...

Elie Mystal and Imani! 200th Episode!

April 17, 2023 20:18 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB

Jess is out for this episode, so Boom! Lawyered welcomes back special guest and friend of the pod Elie Mystal, the Nation's justice correspondent. It's a supersized episode about expanding the Supreme Court, abortion, judges, and just about everything else about the law that you need to know—with a healthy dose of laughter. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered–especially rapid reaction episodes like this one—one are only made possible by the s...

How Gen Z Saved Abortion—and Democracy—in Wisconsin

April 10, 2023 19:55 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MB

Abortion. Voting. Trans rights. Clean water. The Wisconsin Supreme Court race had all the rights on the line. And who showed up big at the polls? Gen Z. For the first time in 15 years, liberals won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—and they won big. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani find a moment of joy to offer their analysis on a race that had a lot on the line, like the state's pre-Civil War abortion ban. Mentioned in this episode: It's Time to Stop Talking About Wheth...

The Abortion Pill Ruling Is Here

April 08, 2023 00:48 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

Two federal courts issued two different—and contradictory—rulings in the ongoing fight over approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions. As yet another reminder: The FDA approved mife over two decades ago. Join Jess and Imani in this rapid reaction episode for some cathartic rage as they break down what it all means. Mentioned in this episode: Justice Samuel Alito Wants to Be Our Generation's Moral Crusader Big Pharma Could Save One of the Abortion Pills. Yik...

Will SCOTUS Help West Virginia Bully Trans Kids?

April 03, 2023 19:55 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

A 12-year-old trans kid wants to run on her school's cross-country and track teams, but the state of West Virginia doesn't want to allow it. This anti-trans case, West Virginia v. BPJ, is on emergency application at the Supreme Court, which means—the shadow docket. Ugh. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani discuss how the conservative movement is taking draconian measures on a made-up cultural war surrounding trans kids in sports. Be sure to stay til the end of the episode fo...

The Latest Sneak Attack in Texas Over Abortion Pills

March 20, 2023 19:55 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MB

A Texas woman's friends helped her self-manage an abortion. Now, her ex-husband is suing them. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani discuss the wrongful death lawsuit against three women who helped their friend get an abortion and leave her marriage. Not only is this alarming, but it's also part of a bigger campaign to eradicate medication abortion by any means necessary. Mentioned in this episode: What the Hell Happened to Lizelle Herrera? Rewire News Group is a nonprofit...

The Political War on Trans People

March 06, 2023 20:55 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

Anti-trans advocates want to punish trans people for existing. To make life more difficult for trans kids. It’s pure cruelty for cruelty’s sake. From the hundreds of anti-trans bills being introduced in state legislatures and an ongoing fearmongering campaign by legacy media that refuses to temper their anti-trans coverage with some coverage from actual trans journalists to the right-wing extremism attempting to “ban transgenderism,” Jess and Imani have a frank conversation on the attempts ...

Fetuses Don't Belong in Jail

February 27, 2023 20:55 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

A Florida attorney is trying to free his client from jail. His client? A fetus. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down a case that could open the floodgates for "fetal personhood"—but, it's a little more complicated than that.

The Conservative Push to Force Girls to Wear Skirts

February 22, 2023 15:03 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Charter Day School in North Carolina requires girls to wear skirts in order to "preserve chivalry" based on its belief that "every girl is a fragile vessel." Is it the 1950s? In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani get into the case, Charter Day School v. Peltier, which the Supreme Court is thinking about taking—despite the fact that the Court has never weighed in on dress codes. We know what happens when the Court takes up cases they don't need to.

Yikes—Big Pharma Could Save One of the Abortion Pills

February 13, 2023 20:55 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB

The future of abortion is medication abortion. Anti-abortion activists know this. That's why they're coming after abortion pills—and  fighting hard to get it banned nationwide. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani dive into Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, the case before a Trump judge that could ban mifepristone, one of the two pills used in medication abortions. Mentioned in this episode: Abortion Gets Porked Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, w...

What's With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills?

January 30, 2023 20:55 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

In this post-Roe world, we're at the intersection of the criminalization of pregnancy and the future of abortion access—and that's by design. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy discuss how medication abortion—which is safe, effective, and lets people manage their abortion at home if they choose—is being targeted (like it is in Alabama, where the attorney general is threatening to use drug laws to go after pregnant people). Mentioned in this ep...

What Happens Post-Roe?

January 23, 2023 20:55 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MB

What a surreal  moment. This should be the week of Roe's 50th anniversary. But like the planet Alderaan, it's been blown away by the Death Star (aka the Supreme Court). Jess and Imani discuss the future of abortion rights and what abortion access will look like in our new post-Roe reality. Mentioned in this episode: SCOTUS Gutting Native Families Will Usher In Cultural Genocide Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means episodes like this are only made possible by th...

SCOTUS 2022: The Vibes Were Bad

December 19, 2022 20:55 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

As Jess predicts, “Conservatives will really go for it in terms of the wild restrictions and trying to push fetal ‘”personhood.'” Jess and Imani reflect on a wild and devastating year and put their prediction hats on for next year. The TL;DR: With this Court, it's not great. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means episodes like this are only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here. And sign up for The F...

The Case That Could Upend Democratic Elections

December 07, 2022 21:36 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

Jess and Imani are back with their rapid reaction analysis of Moore v. Harper, the case heard today before the Supreme Court that that could forever change how elections are run in this country. It involves the absurd independent state legislature theory that claims the elections clause of the Constitution allows state legislatures to run their federal elections with unchecked power. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered–especially rapid reacti...

Is Anyone Surprised by Sam Alito's Trolling Anymore?

December 05, 2022 21:25 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani get into today's Supreme Court oral arguments in a case about a web designer who argues free speech extends to hypothetical website design for a hypothetical same-sex couple. In other words, it's about weaponizing the First Amendment to refuse services based on personal belief. And in his questioning, Justice Samuel Alito had some things to say about Black Santa and Black kids in Klan costumes. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organizatio...

It's Time to Impeach Alito

November 21, 2022 20:55 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Jess and Imani get into the heart of the New York Times' bombshell reporting over the weekend that alleges Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 opinion on a big contraception case. So, just how corrupt is Alito, and can anything be done about it? As Jess says, "The allegations in the New York Times piece are absolutely extraordinary. They totally paint this picture of Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas as ... just straight-up partisan operatives ... helping the Court craft policy." Rewire News Gr...

The Supreme Court v. The People

November 14, 2022 20:55 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

If the midterms solidified anything, it's this: The Supreme Court is a vehicle for how the white supremacist project of dominance—the relegation of women and other potential pregnant people to second-class citizenship and erasure of marginalized people—will be implemented. Jess and Imani get deep into how the election showed we’re in a battle between the democratic will of the voters and a captured federal judiciary that is intent on imposing its own white Christian vision of the United St...

SCOTUS Gutting Native Families Will Usher In Cultural Genocide

November 09, 2022 22:07 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

While you were paying attention to the midterm election results, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted 44 years ago this week to keep Native children and their families intact. In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani lay out what's at stake in Brackeen v. Haaland and other consolidated cases for tribal sovereignty and protections—and how overturning the precedent set forth in the ICWA will ...

Say Goodbye to Race-Based Affirmative Action

October 31, 2022 19:25 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

It's our first live! In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani break down all the shenanigans that were afoot at the Supreme Court today as the justices heard oral arguments in what could end race-based affirmative action as we know it in higher ed admissions. You can also watch the video playback of the live episode here. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered–especially rapid reaction episodes like this one—one are only made possible by...

Neil Gorsuch Is a Snake—and We Almost Missed It

October 24, 2022 19:55 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MB

Imani and Jess are being upfront—and admitting they got something wrong. It’s about the 2020 Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, in which the justices held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects trans and gay employees at the workplace. Upon reflection, it turns out that the Bostock opinion is one giant goose egg—and Justice Neil Gorsuch is to blame. As Jess says in the episode, "He managed to write the decision and tailor it so narrowly that it left open room for ...

Abortion Gets Porked

October 17, 2022 19:55 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Jess and Imani are all over National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, the Supreme Court case about pork production and regulation in California—but  really, it's low-key a case about abortion rights. Yes, pork rights are abortion rights. To understand the interconnectedness, you'll need to know about the commerce clause and the dormant commerce clause. This is a one meaty episode you won't want to miss. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is ...

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