Introduction

Judge Terry Dauti in the Western District of Louisiana issued the order after finding on Tuesday that a number of plaintiffs were likely to succeed. This is going to be a serious conversation about what is legitimately a very serious and difficult issue. It will not have hot takes, and it will not take petty pot shots like pointing out,. for example, that the opinion starts with an epigraph that misattributes a quote to Evelyn Beatrice Hill - where we're above that kind of thing here. There are many other places where you can go to read or listen to that kind of content. So, be warned, this conversation isgoing to be very doctrinal and very wonky. And