Baby Boom! Lawyered

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 episode:

• The Future of Abortion Access
• A Gathering Storm

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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 States.

And yes, while we learned that when abortion is on the ballot, abortion wins, it means the anti-abortion movement will work even harder to keep abortion off the ballot moving forward.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Justice Jackson Obliterates Originalism in Voting Rights Case

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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 mean Native children will pay the price.

As Imani says, "We're talking about the literal destruction of tribal sovereignty as it's been in place for centuries, and that should concern everyone."

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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.

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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 future conservative fuckery."

That moment has arrived.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Thanks a Lot, Justice Kennedy. How Screwed Are We Now?
• Idaho Conservatives Want to Ban Drag Performances

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