Supreme Court Declares Racism Over
The 5th Circuit gave us a doozy late on Friday night by tightening access to the abortion drug mifepristoneβLeah and Melissa break it down. Then, the full crew dives deeper into the Courtβs catastrophic Voting Rights Act decision in Louisiana v. Callais (for their initial reaction, check out last weekβs emergency episode). Next, they recap the troubling oral arguments in Mullin v. Doe, the case about Temporary Protected Status, in which Trumpβs Solicitor General tried to argue that the Presidentβs extremely racist statements about migrants from certain countries werenβt, in fact, racist at all. Also covered: Trumpβs ballroom, arguments in an important Fourth Amendment case, and how some savvy federal judges are turning the administrationβs favorite legal conceptβthe unitary executive theoryβagainst it.Β
Favorite things:
- Kate: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai; Transcription, Ben Lerner
- Leah: Ariana Grandeβs new album announcement; Noah Kahan on tour; SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act, Sherrilyn Ifill (Sherrilynβs Newsletter); The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito, Rick Hasen (Slate); The Supreme Court is Corrupt. This is What We Can Do About It, Jamelle BouieΒ
- Melissa: Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke; Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now, Adam Serwer (The Atlantic); Legal Defense Fund
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