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Boom! Lawyered

Rewire News Group"s Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy

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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00:02:26

Introducing Our New Show: “B*tch, Listen!” with Imani...

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2025/09/24

Expert repro journalism that inspires

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00:27:58

We’re in the Deconstruction Era

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2025/09/18

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 Reconstruction era, but in reverse—and what that means for our public institutions and the rule of law. Expert repro journalism that inspires Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless legal analysis alive. Become a

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00:24:54

Why Conservatives Really Want to Defund Planned...

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2025/08/21

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 explain how it fits with their larger attacks on health care and Medicaid. They are joined by Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, who explains the day-to-day impact of these attacks and how to find joy in the fight ahead. Expert repro journalism that inspiresEpisodes like this take time,

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00:33:23

SCOTUS Season Ended. WTF Was That?

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2025/07/03

On June 27, the Supreme Court wrapped up its extraordinarily consequential, controversial, and, at times, surprising term. Imani and Jess break down the best and worst of the 2024-2025 opinions, and what it could mean for the future of the nation. All that and… alligators? Tune into the final episode of this season of Boom! Lawyered.Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless

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00:26:48

Supreme Court to Trans Kids: Sorry Not Sorry, But...

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2025/06/26

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 conservatives to lodge future attacks on trans rights. In this week's episode, Imani and Jess break down this devastating decision and more.Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless legal analysis alive. Become a

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00:20:00

Unpacking SCOTUS' 'Reverse Discrimination' Decision

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2025/06/12

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 Jess explain the Court's unanimous reverse discrimination decision, and why it matters that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote it.Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless legal analysis alive. Become a supporter

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00:20:26

Asked and Answered: The Sequel

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2025/06/05

This episode has everything: strict scrutiny, the “big, beautiful bill,” and even Marbury v. Madison. This week, Imani and Jess answer listener questions in our second AMA episode.Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in our courts, chip in to keep our fearless legal analysis alive. Become a supporter today.Fight news fatigue with Executive Dysfunction, our weekly newsletter covering the Trump administration. We

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00:29:41

Who Is the Lady Trying to Upend Disability Law?

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2025/05/01

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 supposed to be a narrow education rights case that looked at whether students have to meet an impossibly high bar to sue schools under the Americans with Disabilities Act—that is, until Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt entered the chat and made things a little spicier.Now, Blatt is trying to make it difficult for anyone with disabilities to

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00:28:27

The First Amendment Is Being Rewritten in Real Time

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2025/04/24

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.This week, Jess and Imani get into Mahmoud v. Taylor, a Supreme Court case that could upend First Amendment rights with the potential to fundamentally erase the separation of church and state in public schools.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of

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01:43:32

Boom! Buzzkilled Live from D.C.

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2025/04/04

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 latest abortion case to reach the Supreme Court, the election results in Wisconsin, and more.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly

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00:49:04

David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion ‘After...

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2025/03/13

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 Dobbs.'They chat with Jess and Imani about the legal battle over abortion pills, the Comstock Act, the importance of abortion care advocates, and what’s next in the abortion fight.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can,

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00:27:15

Answering Your Burning Questions

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2025/02/27

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 fetal “personhood” becomes enshrined into law to whether abortion bans allow states to assert dominion over people’s bodies.Mentioned in this episode:Juridical Persons Are Not Natural Persons, And Why it MattersWhy Being Born Kind Of MattersRewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only

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00:25:31

Getting Through Trump’s First Week—Mostly

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2025/01/23

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 birthright citizenship and declaring that the United States only recognizes two genders, male and female.Okay!On today’s episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani talk through Trump’s flurry of early executive orders. They also go down a few rabbit holes on embryo research and cowrie shells—because yes, they watched the inauguration so you

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00:23:15

Will the Supreme Court Help Ban Porn?

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2025/01/16

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 is a Texas law that requires age verification to visit websites that offer pornographic content. An adult entertainment trade organization, the Free Speech Coalition, is arguing that the law puts internet users’ privacy and security at risk. Plus, there’s another problem: Conservatives could weaponize the “porn ban” law to broadly ban LGBTQ+

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00:31:47

Gender-Affirming Care Gets Its Day at SCOTUS

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2024/12/04

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 gender-affirming care. In this rapid reaction episode, Jess and Imani break down the case made by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Chase Strangio, the conservative justices’ nonsense, heartless arguments, and what they’re expecting to come out of Skrmetti. The Court’s conservatives showed a clear

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00:22:05

Republican Attorneys General Are Wielding Junk...

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2024/10/24

Can pro-natalists go touch some grass? A trio of conservative attorneys general filed a complaint in federal court claiming the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions in the United States, creates a “sovereign injury” to the states themselves. They argue that mifepristone lowers teen birth rates in violation of the states’ “population interests.”Jess and Imani get into why this argument is essentially constitutionally-mandated eugenics and how it could expand

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00:29:15

Meet Amy Coney Barrett's Case Against Emergency...

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2024/10/17

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 Active Labor Act in December, and the case is sure to make it back to the Supreme Court.This time, though, conservatives have a new weapon: the Spending Clause. Much to Jess’ chagrin, she and Imani get into how Amy Coney Barrett pulled an Alito-esque move to tee anti-choicers up to use the Spending Clause to upend EMTALA for good.Rewire News

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00:26:09

Project 2025 Is Worse Than You Think

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2024/10/10

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 administration would turn the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) on its head and explicitly allow anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.This week, Jess and Imani dive into the Project 2025 policy positions that pose the biggest threat to reproductive health care. From disavowing abortion to its “life agenda,” the parade of horribles

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00:42:48

Did 'Dobbs' Break John Roberts?

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2024/09/26

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 friend-of-the-pod Elie Mystal joining Jess and Imani on the season premiere of the podcast?They try to answer important questions weighing on all our minds, including:Is the gig finally up for Chief Justice John Roberts and his reputation as anything other than a Republican operative?Is there real momentum for meaningful Supreme Court reform?What is Elie's

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00:25:12

Just Decide the EMTALA Case Already, You Cowards

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2024/06/27

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, well, the justices punted.In this reaction episode, Jess and Imani get into the coward decision in Idaho v. United States— that dismissing the case as "improvidently granted" is simply a cop-out, and the ripple effects that will emerge.And stay tuned for a short summer season coming up!Mentioned in this episode:By the Way, Fetuses Can't

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