‘Allow Me to Retort’ with Elie Mystal (2022)
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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The Constitution Never Gives Us the Right to Read
The constitution never gives us the right to read. It's not in either the original text or any of the amendments. A state banning reading, likewe all just grasp at almost a sort of, like invisceral level, like you can't have a free society in which the state band reading. That is part of the freedom of speech. Now, so you've gotten the due process argument right. In terms of what alido is saying about abortion, he's saying that while we can only divine n what those substancive rights might be if they're deeply rooted in american history. So i would do an equal protection argument for abortion rights. I have some eighth amendment arguments
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