How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare
Kate and Leah break down the Supreme Courtβs extension of a stay allowing for continued mail-order access to mifepristone, from the Courtβs unconscionable failure to meet its own arbitrary deadline to the unhinged dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito. They also cover last weekβs other legal news before speaking with Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, about the devastating fallout from the Courtβs ruling in the Voting Rights Act case, Louisiana v. Callais. Finally, Melissa speaks with Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow about their book, How Equality 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); This Is Getting Dangerous, Jamelle Bouie (NYT); Lawyering Without Law (The Knight First Amendment Institute); Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, Ari Berman
- Leah: Rock Music (Charli xcx); Sam Alitoβs typos
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Ari: Blame John Roberts for Destroying the Voting Rights Act (Mother Jones); Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory and Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, David Blight; Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, Eric Foner
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