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Back to SearchJust Decide the EMTALA Case Already, You Cowards
Episode 241
The Supreme Court released its decision regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act—not once but twice thanks to another opinion l…
2 years, 3 months ago
What Actually Happened With the Mifepristone Ruling
Episode 240
The recent Supreme Court decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine did not "restore" mifepristone access. The justices didn't "dismiss" th…
2 years, 4 months ago
Mifepristone (Kind Of, Maybe) Wins at SCOTUS
Episode 239
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 reac…
2 years, 4 months ago
Adoption, Abortion, and the Politics of Parenting
Episode 238
It's a supersized episode of Boom! Lawyered with special guest Gretchen Sisson, author of the recently released book Relinquished: The Politics of Ad…
2 years, 4 months ago
Justice Alito's Flagrant Freaky Flag Misconduct
Episode 237
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 i…
2 years, 4 months ago
What the Hell Is Abortion Trafficking Anyway?
Episode 236
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 hospit…
2 years, 5 months ago
We Are in the Bad Place (Re-Release)
Episode 235
Two years ago today, Politico published the bombshell leak heard around the world—Justice Samuel Alito's 98-page majority draft opinion overturning R…
2 years, 5 months ago
Will SCOTUS Slam the Door Shut on Pregnant ER Patients?
Episode 234
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 Ac…
2 years, 5 months ago
Will SCOTUS Force ER Doctors to Abandon Patients Who Need Abortions?
Episode 233
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 …
2 years, 6 months ago
Elie Mystal on Why You Don't Need to Like SCOTUS Anymore
Episode 232
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 …
2 years, 6 months ago