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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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Boom! Buzzkilled Live from D.C.
This week, Jess and Imani join Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El of Feminist Buzzkills live from The Black Cat in Washington, D.C. for a rowdy takedown of the…
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Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms, Lawyers, and the Law
President Donald Trump famously has a… strained relationship with the law, to say the least. His first term saw numerous legal challenges to attempted…
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David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion ‘After Dobbs’
We have a treat this week—more attorneys! Law professor David S. Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe join the pod to talk about their newest book, 'After…
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Republicans Walk Back Their Attacks on Disabled People… Sort Of
We’re sweating! We’re hyperfixating! Because a bunch of conservative attorneys general have filed a lawsuit trying to weaken or eliminate Section 504 of the…
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Answering Your Burning Questions
You asked, we answered! On a special Q&A episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani answer listener questions. They cover everything from what could happen if…
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‘Wellness Farms’ Could Soon Be Coming to a Town Near You
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed and sworn in as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And almost immediately, Trump fired off…
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The Trump Administration Is Coming for Your Access to Contraception, Abortion, and… Dildos?
Abortion, and dildos, and porn, oh my! No but actually, there’s a dusty old law on the books that could unravel reproductive health access for years to…
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The Fifth Circuit Doesn't Mind If Teens Have Guns
While Elon Musk has been taking over the government, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals quietly overturned a 60-year-old law that prevented federally-licensed…
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Getting Through Trump’s First Week—Mostly
We’re on week one of Donald Trump’s second administration, and we’re already tired. On his first day in office, Trump signed executive orders attempting to end…
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Will the Supreme Court Help Ban Porn?
This week, Imani and Jess dive into Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case out of Texas that could upend First Amendment free speech law. At issue in the case…
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John Roberts Stop Complaining Challenge
This week, Jess and Imani read Chief Justice John Roberts’ annual “state of the judiciary report” so you don’t have to. It’s one of the country’s worst New…
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Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?
Donald Trump was elected president just over a month ago, and even though he’s not in office yet, the horrors have already started. He’s threatening to halt…
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Gender-Affirming Care Gets Its Day at SCOTUS
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case out of Tennessee that could determine whether trans minors have the right to…
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What’s Next in Skrmetti?
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case that could determine trans minors’ right to gender-affirming care, in…
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Not This Again
Well… Donald Trump is back for a second term. We hate it here! This week, Jess and Imani go through what reproductive health-care hellscape we can expect from…
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Andrea Grimes Is So Back
With the election less than a week away, abortion rights and democracy are both on the line—and that’s no coincidence. Andrea Grimes, journalist and vice…
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Republican Attorneys General Are Wielding Junk Science to Demand Teens Stay Pregnant
Can pro-natalists go touch some grass? A trio of conservative attorneys general filed a complaint in federal court claiming the availability of mifepristone…
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Meet Amy Coney Barrett's Case Against Emergency Abortion Care
This week, we’re talking about EMTALA—yes, again. The Ninth Circuit will hear arguments over Idaho not wanting to abide by the Emergency Medical Treatment and…
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Project 2025 Is Worse Than You Think
Project 2025, the 2024 election’s big bad wolf, is coming for reproductive justice. The Heritage Foundation’s policy prescription for a second Donald Trump…
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Goat-Herding Nuns Are Making Their Case to SCOTUS
If there’s one thing conservatives like doing, it’s finding the perfect plaintiff to be the face of a court challenge to a policy that will strip people's…
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Did 'Dobbs' Break John Roberts?
Welcome to a new season of Boom! Lawyered, which also means a new Supreme Court term is around the corner. What better way to usher that in with…
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You Asked, We Answered: AMA With Jess and Imani!
How can Vice President Kamala Harris go beyond “restore Roe" messaging during her presidential run? What are the odds that a state like Michigan, where voters…
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What's Up With the New Title IX Rule?
The Biden administration's final Title IX rule, which bans sex discrimination in schools that get federal funding, took effect last week. Except, that is, in…
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Putting Originalism Through the Wood Chipper With Madiba Dennie
Editor's note: This episode was recorded before President Joe Biden's SCOTUS reform proposals. Black women law nerds, unite! "We're having a moment," as this…
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How to Have More Fun in Repro Politics With Special Guest Lizz Winstead
Boom! Lawyered is back for a summer session with four episodes before fall—and first up is Lizz Winstead, the founder of Abortion Access Front and co-creator…
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Just Decide the EMTALA Case Already, You Cowards
The Supreme Court released its decision regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act—not once but twice thanks to another opinion leak!—and…
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What Actually Happened With the Mifepristone Ruling
The recent Supreme Court decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine did not "restore" mifepristone access. The justices didn't "dismiss" the case…
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Mifepristone (Kind Of, Maybe) Wins at SCOTUS
The Supreme Court issued its decision in the first of two abortion cases we've been waiting for—and it was pretty OK! Join Jess and Imani in this reaction…
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Adoption, Abortion, and the Politics of Parenting
It's a supersized episode of Boom! Lawyered with special guest Gretchen Sisson, author of the recently released book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and…
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Justice Alito's Flagrant Freaky Flag Misconduct
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has always been the worst, but now, he's even more confident letting his freak flag fly because he knows nothing is going to…
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What the Hell Is Abortion Trafficking Anyway?
Jess and Imani are talking about Idaho—again! Now that the state has made its argument that people who visit emergency rooms at Medicare-funded hospitals…
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We Are in the Bad Place (Re-Release)
Two years ago today, Politico published the bombshell leak heard around the world—Justice Samuel Alito's 98-page majority draft opinion overturning Roe v…
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Will SCOTUS Slam the Door Shut on Pregnant ER Patients?
It was a grim day at the Supreme Court for oral arguments in Idaho v. United States with the fate of Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)…
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Will SCOTUS Force ER Doctors to Abandon Patients Who Need Abortions?
It’s time for oral arguments in the second abortion case this Supreme Court season, one that Jess and Imani have both written and talked a lot about in the…
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Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore
With Jess out, Elie Mystal, friend of the pod and justice correspondent at the Nation, joins Imani on a supersized episode of the pod this week! They chat…
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How Some DeSantis Goons Decimated Abortion Access in the Southeast
The Florida Supreme Court was busy this week in issuing decisions surrounding bodily autonomy. In twin decisions the court stripped abortion rights from the…
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Mifepristone’s Not-So-Bad Day at the Court
Who had a bad day at the Supreme Court this morning for oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine? Erin Hawley. What had an OK day at the…
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Two Key Issues to Watch in the High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case
Pace yourself this Supreme Court season, folks, as we head into oral arguments for two major abortion rights cases before the term ends. First up on Tuesday is…
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The Fifth Circuit Just Took Us One Step Closer to Ending Birth Control Access
This week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Deanda v. Becerra, which challenges teens’ ability to access birth control without parental…
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What’s With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills? (Re-Release)
The next major Supreme Court fight over nationwide abortion access since the overturn of Roe v. Wade is coming up. Oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for…
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Valentine's Week Message From Jess and Imani
Catch up with stories you may have missed at rewirenewsgroup.com. Rewire News Groupis a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made…
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Hello Mife, My Old Friend. Junk Science Is Attacking You Again.
Junk science is everywhere surrounding the big medication abortion case the Supreme Court will hear in late March, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine…
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What the Hell Exactly Happened for Abortion in Pennsylvania?
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling this week regarding abortion, and there's been some confusion around it. No, the court didn't find a fundamental…
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Why Is the Biden Administration Throwing Doctors Under the Bus?
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration issued guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to…
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Discrimination Against Trans Kids and Their Parents Is Spreading
Last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban to go into effect, and that’s terrible not just for Alabama, but also…
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Back in 'Lawyers for Fetuses' Territory
We've got not one but two abortion cases at the Supreme Court this spring, with the possibility of yet another heavily rewritten reproductive rights landscape…
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Happy Holidays From Jess and Imani
We'll be back on January 5, 2024. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of…
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Making Sense of Texas' BS: It's Special Guest Andrea Grimes!
Texas resident and former Rewire News Group staff member Andrea Grimes joins Imani on the final episode of 2023. From Kate Cox to Texas' SB 8, they break down…
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The Major Trans Rights Case SCOTUS Could Hear Next Year
You'll likely be hearing a lot more about L.W. v. Skrmetti, a trans rights case that the ACLU has requested the Supreme Court takes up. Jess and Imani get into…
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Special Holiday Message From Imani and Jess!
Jess and Imani will be back the next week for the final three episodes of 2023. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered…
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The Originalist Case for Arming Domestic Abusers
Meet Zackey Rahimi, someone who apparently has never met a situation he didn’t try to shoot his way out of, including family, random drivers, and Whataburger…
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This Case Could End Teens' Birth Control Access
The demise of the constitutional right to privacy, conservatives' attacks on birth control, and Jess and Imani's ol' pal U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk…
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Mootness Might Save Civil Rights Testing
This week, Imani and Jess dive into civil procedure (sorry Jess) as they discuss whether the Supreme Court will kick a case that could interfere with…
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Who Gets to Be a Person?
Imani and Jess are back to chat about the conservative assault on trans folks’ personhood. They get into the slew of attacks the community has faced this year…
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Jess and Imani Will Return Next Week—Live!
In the meantime, catch up with our latest special issue, "They the People," all about trans rights. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which…
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Our Big SCOTUS Preview
Smell that? It’s the stink of the Supreme Court’s corruption creeping closer. Before the Court’s next term begins Monday, Imani and Jess preview some of the…
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Meet Ginni Thomas, the Tenth Justice
The Supreme Court's stink of corruption didn't take a summer break like we did. From everything going on with Ginni Thomas to Justice Samuel "the Leak" Alito…
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The End of Affirmative Action
Well, it happened: The Supreme Court killed affirmative action, with all six conservative justices—yes, including so-called moderate Chief Justice John…
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Federal Judge Body Slams DeSantis' Attacks on Trans Kids
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…
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Tribal Sovereignty Triumphs in Latest SCOTUS Decision
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…