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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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Jess Valenti on the Fall of 'Roe' One Year Later: "All of This Is a Tragedy"
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…
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Welcome to Sweaty SCOTUS Season
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…
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The North Carolina Abortion Ban Is a Disaster
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…
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The Supreme Court Is Corrupt
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…
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Why Is Everybody Talking About the Comstock Act?
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…
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We're Live in Front of an Audience!
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…
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Elie Mystal and Imani! 200th Episode!
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…
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How Gen Z Saved Abortion—and Democracy—in Wisconsin
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…
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The Abortion Pill Ruling Is Here
Two federal courts issued two different—and contradictory—rulings in the ongoing fight over approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication…
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Will SCOTUS Help West Virginia Bully Trans Kids?
A 12-year-old trans kid wants to run on her school's cross-country and track teams, but the state of West Virginia doesn't want to allow it. This anti-trans…
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The Latest Sneak Attack in Texas Over Abortion Pills
A Texas woman's friends helped her self-manage an abortion. Now, her ex-husband is suing them. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani discuss the…
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The Political War on Trans People
Anti-trans advocates want to punish trans people for existing. To make life more difficult for trans kids. It’s pure cruelty for cruelty’s sake. From the…
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Fetuses Don't Belong in Jail
A Florida attorney is trying to free his client from jail. His client? A fetus. In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down a case that could…
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The Conservative Push to Force Girls to Wear Skirts
Charter Day School in North Carolina requires girls to wear skirts in order to "preserve chivalry" based on its belief that "every girl is a fragile vessel."…
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Yikes—Big Pharma Could Save One of the Abortion Pills
The future of abortion is medication abortion. Anti-abortion activists know this. That's why they're coming after abortion pills—and fighting hard to get it…
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What's With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills?
In this post-Roe world, we're at the intersection of the criminalization of pregnancy and the future of abortion access—and that's by design. In a new episode…
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What Happens Post-Roe?
What a surreal moment. This should be the week of Roe's 50th anniversary. But like the planet Alderaan, it's been blown away by the Death Star (aka the Supreme…
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SCOTUS 2022: The Vibes Were Bad
As Jess predicts, “Conservatives will really go for it in terms of the wild restrictions and trying to push fetal ‘”personhood.'” Jess and Imani reflect on a…
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The Case That Could Upend Democratic Elections
Jess and Imani are back with their rapid reaction analysis of Moore v. Harper, the case heard today before the Supreme Court that that could forever change how…
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Is Anyone Surprised by Sam Alito's Trolling Anymore?
In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani get into today's Supreme Court oral arguments in a case about a web designer who argues free speech extends to…
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It's Time to Impeach Alito
Jess and Imani get into the heart of the New York Times' bombshell reporting over the weekend that alleges Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 opinion on a big…
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The Supreme Court v. The People
If the midterms solidified anything, it's this: The Supreme Court is a vehicle for how the white supremacist project of dominance—the relegation of women and…
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SCOTUS Gutting Native Families Will Usher In Cultural Genocide
While you were paying attention to the midterm election results, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the…
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Say Goodbye to Race-Based Affirmative Action
It's our first live! In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani break down all the shenanigans that were afoot at the Supreme Court today as the justices…
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Neil Gorsuch Is a Snake—and We Almost Missed It
Imani and Jess are being upfront—and admitting they got something wrong. It’s about the 2020 Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, in which the…
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Abortion Gets Porked
Jess and Imani are all over National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, the Supreme Court case about pork production and regulation in California—but really, it's…
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Justice Jackson Obliterates Originalism in Voting Rights Case
In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, it's Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first official week on the Supreme Court. And it was a big one! Jess and Imani get…
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What Fresh Hell Will the Supreme Court Bring This Term?
Your favorite legal journalists Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy bring you everything you need to know about the new Supreme Court term and how the cases…
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Elie Mystal and Imani Gandy on the SCOTUS Dumpster Fire
Host Imani Gandy is flying solo and is joined by friend-of-the-pod Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. They have a super-sized conversation…
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Biden Finally Did Something About Abortion! Or Did He?
President Joe Biden took some baby steps—finally—to protect abortion in the country. But it's just not enough to get folks abortion care today. In a new…
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SCOTUS Brings Prayer to Your Public School
In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy dive into the Court’s decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which…
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The Day 'Roe' Died
For the first time in this country's history, an unelected majority of Supreme Court justices have taken away a fundamental constitutional right. In this rapid…
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SCOTUS Declares the Border a Constitution-Free Zone
Do you live in Sacramento? Houston? Literally the entire state of Florida? What about Maine? If so, the Supreme Court recently gave the green light for border…
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The SCOTUS Leak Investigation Is Heating Up
Supreme Court clerks are being pressed to turn over their phones. Whispers of criminal statutes being invoked abound. Basically, whomever leaked the draft of…
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Wombs Are Not Meth Labs—but Some Prosecutors Treat Them the Same
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy discuss the surveillance state that conservative lawmakers are creating. It's…
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Jess Interviews Her Ex-Work Wife, Robin Marty
Jess is joined by Robin Marty, operations director at Alabama West Women's Center, for a deeper look into the landscape of abortion in the South and how the…
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Processing the Fallout of the Supreme Court Leak
Co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy break down what’s happened since Politico published the leaked SCOTUS opinion, including which lawmakers have…
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We Are in the Bad Place
There's no sugarcoating it, folks: We're in the bad place. In this emergency episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy bring you…
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Hey Lawmakers, Be Like Connecticut
Boom! Lawyered is approaching 1 million downloads, and Jess and Imani have something special planned for loyal subscribers and listeners like you! Keep tuning…
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The 'Dobbs' Crystal Ball
The case has the potential to completely change the landscape of abortion access as we know it. And only one thing might be certain, as Jess puts it: There's…
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What the Hell Happened to Lizelle Herrera?
That's what happened in Texas after the indictment and arrest of Lizelle Herrera for a “self-induced” abortion. While Herrera’s charges were dropped, the case…
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History Made—Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Confirmed
The Senate voted 53-47 this afternoon to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court! "Aye" votes came from Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa…
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Ginni the Insurrectionist
In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy ask the all-important question: Did we just move on from the fact that Ginni…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing, Day Three—Celebrating Joy Amid the Nonsense
Join co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy in a special reaction episode of Boom! Lawyered as they discuss the main takeaways from the day three of…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing, Day Two—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this rapid reaction episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy break down all the good (Mazie Hirono, Cory Booker), the bad…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing, Day One—The Stage Is Set
It's day one of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing, yet conservatives aren't over the Brett Kavanaugh hearings—which occurred in 2018. We also…
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Conservatives Have a New Priority: Health-Care Travel Bans
Conservative lawmakers in Idaho and Missouri are trying to advance bills that would make it a felony to help another person leave the state to get an abortion…
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This Supreme Court Opinion Is a Trojan Horse for Fascism
In this week's episode of Boom! Lawyered, co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy break down the Court's decision to let Kentucky Attorney General Daniel…
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It's Ketanji Brown Jackson!
To use a Biden-ism, "this is a big fucking deal!" President Joe Biden officially announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace Justice…
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How Biden Could Make—or Break—His Legacy With Black Women
President Joe Biden has a chance to make good on his campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court—and it should be happening fairly…
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What the Hell Is a 'Closely Held Religious Belief'?
Co-hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain how when it comes to the legal history of religious liberty in the United States, we've had a long and…
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Holy Crap, Justice Breyer Is Finally Retiring!
You know that scene from The Office where Michael Scott is just shouting “It's happening, it's happening!” That's what's going on right now after news broke…
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The Numpties Are Marching for "Life" Again
This weekend we're approaching a big milestone for the abortion-loving community: the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. And with that comes an important…
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A Totally Off-the-Rails Look at SCOTUS Gone Rogue
In the final 2021 episode of Boom! Lawyered, hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy go off the rails on a truly off-the-rails year at the Court. And…
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Rapid Reaction—Why the Supreme Court's Texas Abortion Decisions Are Infuriating
On Friday morning, the Supreme Court issued its decisions in United States v. Texas and Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson. In this special reaction episode of…
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Prepping for the Abortion Fight of a Lifetime: An Interview With Repro Rights Attorney Jenny Ma
What was it like getting ready for the biggest abortion case in decades? Jenny Ma, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights who was at the…
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Rapid Reaction—Roe’s Last Stand at the Supreme Court
It happened—the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the biggest abortion case in decades, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which could be the…
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It's Here! The First Direct Challenge to 'Roe v. Wade'
What’s the opposite of an advent calendar? Like, instead of opening a little gift every day leading up to a holiday, you get more bad abortion news while you…
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Neil Gorsuch's Big, Dirty Abortion Game
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about what a bad dude Justice Neil Gorsuch is, and if you'd forgotten, the abortion double feature at the Supreme Court a…
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Texas Abortion Ban at the Supreme Court: What Happened
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