Every week, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take you on a wild ride through the latest legal battles in the fight for reproductive justice. On everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, Boom! Lawyered will help you get smart, stay mad, have fun, and fight back. Produced by Rewire News Group.
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April 10, 2024 - Jessica Mason Pieklo | Caroline Fredrickson | James Risen
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The Arizona Supreme Court Takes the State Back to 1864 Before it Was a State With a Draconian Abortion Law | The Left/Right Coalition Refusing to Re-Authorize FISA With MAGA Republicans Doing So Because Trump Thinks it Was Used to Spy on Him | The Fatal Combination of Passivity in the Electorate and Trump's Impunity Could End American Democracyback…
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April 23, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Sidney Blumenthal | Garrett Epps
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Trump's History of Using and Abusing Women | The Pathetic Man on Display in the Courtroom as a Far Cry From the MAGA Faithful's Superhero | Will SCOTUS Undermine the 8th Amendment's Protection For the Homeless Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 22, 2024 - Alexander Sammon | Anne Nelson | Natalie Foster
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Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale | The Optics of Trump on Trial in New York; a President Off His Pedestal Defending Sleazy Criminal Behavior | A Positive Case For America's Next EconomyHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan Green…
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April 21, 2024 - Aram Shabanian | Nataliya Gumenyuk | Steven Simon
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Meeting Ukraine's Needs as Russia Mobilizes for a June Offensive | How Ukraine Will Survive and Adjust to Permanent War | The Deadly War in Gaza and Israel's Tenuous Standoff With Iran as Both Israel and Palestine Appear to be Leaderless and Directionlessbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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Will SCOTUS Force ER Doctors to Abandon Patients Who Need Abortions?
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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 last year. In this week's episode, they share what they'll be listening for during Wednesday's arguments. They'll also be bringing you their rapid reactions later that day, so be sure to tune in…
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April 18, 2024 - Illia Ponomarenko | Scott Horton | Steven Greenhouse
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A View From Ukraine as the Fate of Their Country Hangs in the Hands of Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene | Jurors Quit the Trump Trial as the Criminal Defendant Tests the Gag Orders | As Billionaires Try to Kill the NLRB, the UAW Makes Gains in the Southbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 17, 2024 - Rebecca Roiphe | Anders Åslund | Chuck Marr
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The Prologue to the Trump Criminal Trial Underway in Which AG Barr Went Out of His Way to Protect "Individual 1" | Is Mike Johnson Serious About Aiding Ukraine or Following Trump and Putin's Orders? | Biden's Tax Plan in Contrast to Trump's Giveaway to Billionairesbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 16, 2024 - Assal Rad | Mansour Farhang | Claire Finkelstein
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A Look Inside Iran as Its People Wait For Israel's Retaliation Which Could Lead to a Wider War | The Symbiosis Between Israel's Hardline PM and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei | An Assessment of Today's Oral Argument That Could Result in the Supreme Court Undoing Charges Against Trump and the J6 Insurrectionists backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/i…
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April 15, 2024 - Adam Weinstein | Jennifer Taub | Joshua Ferrer
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Biden Meets With Iraq's PM Over Concerns That US Troops in Iraq and Syria Are Vulnerable if Israel Retaliates Against Iran | The First Day of Trump's NY Trial and the Possibility of a Trumpster on the Jury Causing a Mistrial as Happened in the Bannon "We Build the Wall" Fraud Case | The Record Numbers of Election Officials Quitting Under Threats Fr…
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April 14, 2024 - Nicholas Heras | Lisa Graves | Paul Glastris
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Iran's Theatrical Response to the Israeli Strike and the Fear of Netanyahu Escalating | Finally the Architect of the Far-Right Takeover of the US Judiciary | An Assessment of the Trump vs Biden Records of Achievementbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore
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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 about all your favorite and not-so-favorite Supreme Court justices: Samuel Alito's long hatred for women, how much Amy Coney Barrett hates abortion, and why it's not even worth talking about the …
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April 11, 2024 - Dr. Nancy Okail | Ellis Krauss | Stephen Lemons
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Israel's AI Tools "Gospel", "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy" Are Being Used For Targeted Assassinations in Gaza | Increased Cooperation Between the U.S., Japan and The Philippines' Militaries Tops the White House Summit Agenda | An Assessment of the Political Damage to Arizona Republicans From the 1864 Abortion Ban backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitte…
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April 9, 2024 - Laurie Levenson | Miles Taylor | Michael Graetz
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Did Trump's Lawyers Mislead the NY Appeals Court to Get a Lower Bond? | As Trump Encourages Secession and Threatens Civil War, He Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving to China and Russia | How Billionaires Who Don't Pay Taxes Use Their Surplus Money to Buy Politicians to Lower Their Taxes Even Further backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmasters…
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April 8, 2024 - Renee Hobbs | Dr. Allen Frances | Kevin Carey
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April 8, 2024 - Renee Hobbs | Dr. Allen Frances | Kevin Carey by Ian MastersBy Ian Masters
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April 7, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Jeff Colgan | Robert Hockett
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Iran's vow to Retaliate Against an Israeli Strike Could Lead to a Wider War Biden is Trying to Avoid | With MbS and Trump Talking, What Could They Do to Jack Up Gas Prices to Hurt Biden's Reelection? | Good Economic News as Janet Yellen Tries to Get a Level Playing Field With Chinabackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com…
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How Some DeSantis Goons Decimated Abortion Access in the Southeast
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The Florida Supreme Court was busy this week in issuing decisions surrounding bodily autonomy. In twin decisions the court stripped abortion rights from the Florida Constitution—and to no one's surprise, the reason was dodgy at best—while also allowing voters to decide whether to amend the constitution so it explicitly protects abortion. In the pro…
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April 4, 2024 - Ryan Cooper | Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal | Tommy Miles
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Trump's Piety in Contrast to the Porn he Faces and the Cruelty and Hatred he Displays | The 100 Right Wing Tax-Exempt Organizations With Over $2 Billion to Elect Trump | AFRICOM Loses Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger to the Russiansbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 3, 2024 - Harry Litman | John Stoehr | Jeet Heer
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Jack Smith's Shot Across the Bow at the Trump-Friendly Judge on the Classified Documents Case | The Florida Supreme Court's 6 Week Abortion Ban and a Ballot Initiative to Enshrine Abortion Access in the Florida State Constitution | "Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr."Host: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan Gr…
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April 2, 2024 - Sarah Leah Whitson | Thanassis Cambanis | Ahmet Yayla
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Israel's Killing of 7 Aid Workers Who Were Feeding Starving Gazans Sparks International Outrage | Will Israel's Strike on an Iranian Consulate That Killed Top IRGC Officials Provoke a Wider War? | What the US Could Learn From the Electoral Rebuke of Erdogan's Dictatorship and Kleptocracybackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebo…
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April 1, 2024 - Michael Weiss | Marci Shore | Steven Hahn
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New evidence on "Havana Syndrome" Links the GRU's Assassination Unit 29155 to Mysterious Attacks on U.S. Officials and Their Families | A Scholar Just Back From Ukraine on the Heroism of Ukraine and the Nihilism of Mike Johnson | Trump's Illiberalism is Not a Departure But a Recurring Theme in American Historybackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.co…
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March 31, 2024 - Annelle Sheline | Peter Pomerantsev | Martin Sixsmith
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The State Department Officer With Feds United for Peace Who Resigned to Protest US Complicity in Israel's War on Gaza | The Success of Propaganda as a Third of Americans Now Believe Trump's Big Lie | Putin's Evolution From Democrat to Despotbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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March 27, 2024 - Jacob Silverman | Fred Turner | Brian Concannon
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Plutocrats Are Backing Trump, Not Because They Like Him, But to Extend Trump's Tax Cuts For the Ultra-Rich | RFK Jr's Pick For His Running Mate Has Deep Pockets But a Shallow Resume | Guns and Ammo From the US Fuel Anarchy in Haitibackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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March 26, 2024 - Jon Hoffman | Michele Goodwin | Jay Ritter
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Is Israel Becoming a Strategic Liability For the United States? | Today's Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court on a Nationwide Ban of a Medication Abortion Drug | After Today's Trading, Trump's Essentially Worthless Company is Suddenly Worth $15 Billion?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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Mifepristone’s Not-So-Bad Day at the Court
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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 Supreme Court? Mifepristone! In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani agree that mifepristone's big moment before the justices didn't seem as bad as they were expecting. Listen along and ge…
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March 25, 2024 - Robert Young Pelton | Dr. Trita Parsi | Lloyd Green
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A Look at the Islamic State's Global Terrorist Franchises While Putin Tries to Shift the Blame Onto Ukraine | Will The US Help Implement the UN Ceasefire Resolution Which For the First Time It Did Not Veto? | Today's Lifeline Thrown to Trump Reducing His Bond Down From $454 Million to $175 Millionbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersm…
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