Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

SCOTUS Is Not Done With Guns and Abortion

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Sep 23, 2023

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Alison Block

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Ryan Busse

Ryan Busse, former gun-industry executive and gun-safety advocate, discusses the radicalization of gun culture and its influence on Supreme Court decisions. Dr. Alison Block explores the challenges faced by red state abortion providers in the confusing legal landscape created by Dobbs. The podcast also touches on the controversial Bohemian Grove and the Propublica report on billionaire-funded interest groups.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Upcoming Supreme Court Case and the Impact of Gun Industry

03:33 • 4min

The Cultural Significance of Guns

07:08 • 14min

Impacts of the Bruin Case and Concerns About Firearms Regulation

21:34 • 5min

Balancing Individual Rights and Harm: The Tension Between Social Agreement and Legal Arguments

26:52 • 10min

The Impact of the Texas Abortion Ban

36:42 • 7min

Abortion Providers in the Post-Roe Era

43:33 • 23min

The Impact of Supreme Court Cases on Patients and Providers

01:06:40 • 9min

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ryan Busse, a former gun-industry executive turned gun-safety advocate, who is now running for governor in his home state of Montana. As the right to bear arms for domestic abusers is set to be argued at SCOTUS this term, Dahlia and Ryan discuss how gun culture has been radicalized in order to… sell more guns. They also examine how that radicalization has reached the Supreme Court, and threatens our safety, and our democracy.

Next, Dahlia is joined by Alison Block MD, a family doctor and abortion provider who is also executive producer and host of The Nocturnists podcast’s Post-Roe America season. The season lifts the voices of healthcare workers and abortion providers around the country, scrambling to survive in the confusing legal landscape created by Dobbs. The conversation highlights the impossible bind for red state abortion providers forced to choose between caring for patients and criminalization, and how providers in neighboring states are trying to keep up with unquenchable demand for care.

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to discuss why they never ever want to go to the all-male rich dude Lord of the Flies camp that is Bohemian Grove, why it’s pretty shocking that Justice Clarence Thomas did, and how the latest Propublica reporting shows the scheme in sharp relief: interest groups founded and funded by billionaires wanted to end the regulatory state, and they found a justice ready to change his mind and do just that. Dahlia and Mark also discuss why the abortion pill banning Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is all of a sudden so worried about misogyny.

Dahlia’s book Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America, is now out in paperback. It is also available as an audiobook, and Amicus listeners can get a 25 percent discount by entering the code “AMICUS” at checkout.

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