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.

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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 the issue could get raised again in the future.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 Whether Margaret Sanger Was Racist

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