Show Notes
Kate and Leah break down the Supreme Court’s extension of a stay allowing for continued mail-order access to mifepristone, from the Court’s unconscionable failure to meet its own arbitrary deadline to the unhinged dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito. They also cover last week’s other legal news before speaking with Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, about the devastating fallout from the Court’s ruling in the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v. Callais. Finally, Melissa speaks with Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow about their book, HowEquality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive America.
Favorite things:
- Kate: Kavanaugh Hegseth Patel Bar Cold Open (SNL); The Shadow Docket (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver); ThisIs Getting Dangerous, Jamelle Bouie (NYT); Lawyering Without Law (The Knight First Amendment Institute); GiveUs the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, Ari Berman
- Leah: Rock Music (Charli xcx); Sam Alito’s typos
Ari: BlameJohn Roberts for Destroying the Voting Rights Act (Mother Jones); Raceand Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory and FrederickDouglass: Prophet of Freedom, David Blight; Reconstruction:America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, Eric Foner
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