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Baby Boom! Lawyered
You were smart enough not to go to law school. Good—that's what Imani Gandy is for. Baby Boom! Lawyered is the micropodcast from the co-creator of Boom! Lawyered: two or three short episodes a week on the fastest-moving legal fights for reproductive justice. Everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, translated by someone who sat through the three years so you didn't have to. Produced by Rewire News Group.
Episodes
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Can Democrats Really End the Electoral College?
Democrats won big in the states last week, picking up trifectas in six states. According to some on social media, that means the Electoral College is dead. But…
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(Classic) SCOTUS Helps Black People in Missouri (Don't Get Used to It)
The Supreme Court did something nice for Black voters. I’m as shocked as you are. On Sept. 25, the Court told the Eighth Circuit to knock it off and stop…
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Trump Can't Stop Interfering with the Midterm Elections
Republicans are cratering in the polls, so Trump is doing what he knows best: Threats. Intimidation. Promises to jail election officials and purge supposed…
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Yes on 3, Again: Missouri’s Abortion Ban in Disguise
Missouri Republicans want abortion rights out of the state constitution—so they wrote an amendment that restricts abortion and allows the legislature to put up…
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Why Missouri's Amendment 3 Could Cost Teens a Way Around Parental Consent
Missouri voters are being asked to vote on abortion rights in the midterms—again—because Republicans can’t take no for an answer. In 2024, voters enshrined the…
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Why a Fetal Viability Ban is Still Just a Ban
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/30/fetal-viability-missouri-abortion-amendment/ Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time…
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Texas’s Abortion Pill Bounty Law Comes for Kristan Hawkins
Students for Life president Kristan Hawkins pushed hard for Texas’ House Bill 7, a “bounty hunter law” that allows total strangers to sue anyone who mails or…
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Sam Alito Is Looking for the Guy Who Leaked Dobbs
Sam Alito keeps saying he has a pretty good idea who leaked the Dobbs draft but he still won’t share it. Funny. Imani has a suspect too: Sam Alito. From the…
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What the Hell is Fetal Personhood?
One of our listeners, Contessa, wants to know what the hell fetal personhood is. Short answer: It’s the anti-choice movement’s push to give fertilized eggs…
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What Happens If SCOTUS Orders Blue States to Respect Fetal Personhood?
Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two lawsuits targeting abortion shield laws and the providers who mail abortion pills into states where abortion is…
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SCOTUS Did Something Nice for Black Voters in Missouri. I Know.
The Supreme Court did something nice for Black voters. I’m as shocked as you are. On Sept. 25, the Court told the Eighth Circuit to knock it off and stop…
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Make Med School White Again
Trump’s Department of Justice says the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, discriminated against white and Asian applicants, and…
Baby Boom! LawyeredTierra Walker Died Under Texas's Abortion Ban. Now Her Family Is Suing.
Tierra Walker knew her pregnancy could kill her, so she asked about an abortion. Not one of the more than 90 doctors who saw Walker offered her abortion care…
Baby Boom! LawyeredWhat Is the Shadow Docket and Why Should You Care?
The new Supreme Court term doesn't start until October, so why has the Court been issuing important rulings while it's supposed to be on break? In this Office…
Baby Boom! LawyeredTrump Is Making It Easier to Discriminate Against Black Workers (Imani Explains it All)
Disparate impact may sound boring. It isn't. It's the rule the Supreme Court established in 1971 to catch discrimination that doesn't announce itself…
Baby Boom! LawyeredFDA Wouldn’t Defend Its Own Mifepristone Rule in Court
On Wednesday Louisiana asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the abortion drug mifepristone from being mailed to patients by reinstating a rule that…
Baby Boom! LawyeredLouisiana Says It's ‘Blanketed’ in Contraband Mifepristone
A pill doesn't care about state lines. Louisiana does—apparently a lot. Welcome to the first-ever episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered. Imani Gandy gets into…
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If ‘Roe’ Was Never Enough, Why Was It Everything? (And a Word to My Boom! Lawyered Fam)
Roe v. Wade was never enough. Reproductive justice advocates have been saying that for decades. So why did so much of the reproductive rights movement organize…
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Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship
Imani and Jess are off this week, but before the Supreme Court issues its birthright citizenship ruling in Trump v. Barbara, revisit this conversation with…
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The Trump Administration Wants More Trad Wives
In this episode, Imani and Jess unpack the Supreme Court’s order on mifepristone access and explain where it fits in the Trump administration’s crusade to…
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Louisiana is Ground Zero for Voting Rights, Abortion Pill Access
In this episode, Imani and Jess unpack the historic attack on voting rights from the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais and explain what’s next from the…
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The Supreme Court Gears Up For Another Unprecedented Term (Rerun)
The Supreme Court closed out arguments for the term this week. Jess and Imani are out, but this episode showcases all the biggest cases of the term. Stay tuned…
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A Colorado School Tests the Separation of Church and State
Imani and Jess are off this week, but in this episode republished from 2025, Imani and Jess discuss a new school launched in Colorado that’s designed to erase…
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The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills
In this episode, Imani and Jess unpack the conservative legal movement’s latest attacks on medication abortion, from courthouses to state legislatures across…
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Will Donald Trump Put Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court?
In this episode, Imani and Jess dive into the Supreme Court’s conversion therapy decision, birthright citizenship oral arguments, and rumours that President…
Baby Boom! LawyeredWe Did the Reading. Fascism Came Anyway.
The most informed progressive public in American history is watching a fascist takeover in real time. In her first solo episode, Imani Gandy wants to know why…
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The New Parental Rights Legal Grift
In this episode, Imani and Jess break down the latest anti-trans decision from the Supreme Court, Mirabelli v. Bonta and explain how the conservative legal…
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There’s More Drama at the Supreme Court
In this episode! Imani and Jess spill the tea on the recent Supreme Court drama, from infighting among the justices in the Trump tariff decision, to retirement…
Baby Boom! LawyeredDateline’s Josh Mankiewicz Takes You Inside the True Crime Machine
In part two of her series on true crime and disability, Imani Gandy interviews Dateline correspondent Josh Mankiewicz about true crime as a machine that…
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What’s Going On In the Fight Over Abortion Pills
In this episode, Imani and Jess walk through the current legal threats to medication abortion access and explain how the national abortion landscape could be…
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Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship
Imani and Jess are off this week, but in this episode republished from 2024 they explain the spurious new legal arguments underpinning the conservative push to…
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The Justice Department Tries to Prosecute Black Journalists
In this episode, Imani Gandy and Jess Pieklo unpack the federal charges brought against Black journalists and advocates in connection to an anti-ICE protest at…
Baby Boom! LawyeredIn Mercy's Shadow: The Mercy Narrative in True Crime
True crime is everywhere—but crimes against disabled people are rarely treated as “true crime” at all. Imani Gandy talks with disability justice advocate…
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Why Conservatives Want to Ban Trans Girls from Sports
In this episode, Imani Gandy and Jess Pieklo discuss the ICE raids in Minnesota, Trump’s threats to “buy” Greenland, and explain how a ruling in favor of state…
Baby Boom! LawyeredMy Holidays Look a Little Different This Year (Thanks, Portia)
Imani Gandy interviews Portia Burch about what it means to get through the holidays when you don’t love them. Together, they talk about companionship, Black…
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We're In The Deconstruction Era - Re-release
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that could greatly expand the scope of presidential power. Imani and Jess are off…
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Texas Bounty Abortion Pill Bounty Hunter Law Goes Into Effect
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess break down HB 7, a Texas law that attacks medication abortion and could set the stage for a nationwide…
Baby Boom! LawyeredJudy Reyes on ICE Raids, Humanity, and the Power of Storytelling
Imani Gandy interviews actor Judy Reyes about the handling of immigration policy in Trump 2.0, what she learned playing an immigration lawyer on TV, and why…
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From Marriage Equality to SCOTUS Reform: Imani and Jess Answer Your Questions
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered Imani and Jess answer audience questions on everything from threats to same-sex marriage, how to reform the federal courts…
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Fighting Back During Trump’s Most Chaotic Era
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani has the week off, so Jess is joined by President and CEO of Democracy Forward Skye Perryman to talk about fighting the…
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A Colorado School Tests the Separation of Church and State
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess discuss a new school launched in Colorado that’s designed to erase the separation of church and state in…
Baby Boom! LawyeredThe Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men
The Constitution isn’t sacred—it’s a sham that pretends to be about equality but actually only benefits white men in power. Imani Gandy talks with best-selling…
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Why Planned Parenthood is getting in on the California redistricting effort
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess are joined by Jodi Hicks, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California to unpack the…
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Conversion Therapy Bans Head to SCOTUS
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess explain the arguments and what's at stake in Chiles v. Salazar, the case challenging Colorado’s ban on…
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The Supreme Court Gears Up for Another Unprecedented Term
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess preview the upcoming Supreme Court term, including a challenge to conversion therapy bans, protections for…
Baby Boom! LawyeredIt’s Never Too Late To Be Gay, Featuring Franchesca Ramsey
Turns out the closet wasn’t locked—it was glass all along. Sometimes you just can’t see your way out. Imani Gandy talks with comedian, actor, and writer…
Baby Boom! LawyeredIntroducing Our New Show: “B*tch, Listen!” with Imani Gandy
Expert repro journalism that inspires Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Baby…
Baby Boom! LawyeredWe’re in the Deconstruction Era
Boom! Lawyered is back for its ninth season! In this episode, Imani and Jess explain why they believe we’re living through a “Deconstruction era”—think…
Baby Boom! LawyeredTrump Hijacked the Courts: Here’s How to Fix It
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered Summer Session, Imani and Jess unpack the current landscape of the federal courts and what the conservative capture of the…
Baby Boom! LawyeredWhy Conservatives Really Want to Defund Planned Parenthood
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered Summer Session, Imani and Jess dig into the Republican efforts to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood clinics and…
Baby Boom! LawyeredThe Unhinged Theory Behind Ending Birthright Citizenship and Creating Fetal ‘Personhood’
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered Summer Session, Imani and Jess dive into the attacks on birthright citizenship and unpack the absurd constitutional arguments…
Baby Boom! LawyeredSCOTUS Blurs the Line Between Church and State
Boom! Lawyered Summer Session is back—and now we’re on video, too! In this season opener, University of Texas Law Professor Elizabeth Sepper joins Imani and…
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SCOTUS Season Ended. WTF Was That?
On June 27, the Supreme Court wrapped up its extraordinarily consequential, controversial, and, at times, surprising term. Imani and Jess break down the best…
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Supreme Court to Trans Kids: Sorry Not Sorry, But You're SOL
Chief Justice John Roberts contorted logic to find a path for Tennessee to enforce its anti-trans law, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett left breadcrumbs for…
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Unpacking SCOTUS' 'Reverse Discrimination' Decision
Did the Supreme Court really make it easier for straight white folks to bring reverse discrimination claims? Kind of, yes. In this week's episode, Imani and…
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Asked and Answered: The Sequel
This episode has everything: strict scrutiny, the “big, beautiful bill,” and even Marbury v. Madison. This week, Imani and Jess answer listener questions in…
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‘Pride Puppy’ Author Talks LGBTQ+ Book Ban and SCOTUS Case
This week Imani and Jess have a very special guest join the pod. Robin Stevenson, author of the LGTBQ+ children’s book Pride Puppy, joins Boom! Lawyered to…
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Who Is the Lady Trying to Upend Disability Law?
Buckle up, y’all—we have a doozy for you today. This week, Imani and Jess get into the Supreme Court oral arguments in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools. It was…
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The First Amendment Is Being Rewritten in Real Time
School libraries are not indoctrinating kids with “LGBTQ+ ideology”—I know that, you know that, we know that. But conservatives love pretending they don’t…
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What's Happening to Kilmar Abrego Garcia Could Happen to Any of Us
Editor's note: This episode was recorded on April 16, 2025. The Trump administration’s lawlessness is hard to exaggerate—and especially so in the case of…