Boom! Lawyered

Jess and Imani explain which states are trying to prevent you from voting, why the Department of Justice went from helping to hurting, and how this all might play out in the courts in 2018. Recommended Reading: Supreme Court Lets Mississippi’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Stand—for Now, by Jessica Mason Pieklo for Rewire.News, January 2018 Boom! Lawyered: Standing Edition, by Imani Gandy for Rewire.News, August 2016 A Dead-Simple Algorithm Reveals the True Toll of Voter I.D. Laws, by Issie Lapowsky for Wired, January 2018

In this episode, Jess and Imani talk with Rewire's Jenn Stanley and Sofia Resnick about their new audio documentary, "Marching Toward Gilead: The Rise of American Theocracy." This two-part documentary dives deep on Operation Save America (OSA), an organization committed to a theocratic vision of America, and reveals the alarming ways OSA’s fundamentalist far-right ideology has wormed its way into state and federal government. Jess and Imani also unpack the key laws involved, including the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and the concept of "justifiable homicide."

Jess and Imani discuss protected speech, expressive conduct, going topless as protest speech, and whether or not you can refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple and call it "free speech." They also explain the convoluted process by which cases make it to the U.S. Supreme Court and read the latest listener reviews. More from #TeamLegal at Rewire.news: Boom! Lawyered: Supreme Court Edition Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Already Changed the Supreme Court Forever

Jess and Imani dive into the laws that define the concept of a person and how Congress and President Donald Trump are trying to sneak the anti-choice concept of "personhood" into everything from the Supreme Court to the latest tax legislation. Learn more at Rewire: Alabama Supreme Court Justices Make Case for Prosecuting Abortions Roe v. Wade and Fetal Personhood: Juridical Persons Are Not Natural Persons, And Why it Matters

Jess and Imani are joined by Ally Sheedy and her son Beckett Lansbury, a Title IX activist who is also transgender. Beckett explains why asking someone for their pronouns is important, why he decided to be public about his journey, and what allies to trans people can do to make a difference. Ally discusses her experience as the parent of a child coming out as transgender and what scares her the most about life under the Trump administration.

Jess and Imani discuss how a few key clauses in the Constitution are being deployed in new lawsuits to fend off the latest attacks on sexual rights and the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit. Plus, Satanists fight for abortion rights in Missouri and Imani reads the latest listener reviews. Recommended Reading: The Establishment Clause: A Simpler Answer to the Contraception Question?, by Imani Gandy for Rewire, Jan 2014 Trump to Blow Up Obamacare’s Birth Control Benefit, by Christine Grimaldi & Jessica Mason Pieklo for Rewire, May 2017

Whether you're a doctor in a private room with a patient or a football player kneeling during the national anthem, legal precedents defining your speech rights are being debated and established all the way up to the Supreme Court. Boom! Lawyered will help you make sense of it all. Reading Companion: Boom! Lawyered: Levels of Judicial Scrutiny Edition, by Imani Gandy for Rewire, April 2016.

In the inaugural episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica and Imani discuss the opening of the Supreme Court term and the big decisions on the horizon. With newly-added Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Court may be lurching back to the right on cases that address immigrant detention, President Trump's Muslim ban, Ohio voter roll purges, and whether or not evangelicals can refuse service to same sex couples. What does that mean for anyone who might be affected? Listen and find out. Resources: Boom! Lawyered: Immigration Bond Edition

Coming on Thursday, 9/21: the premiere episode of Rewire Radio's new podcast, Boom! Lawyered. Every other week, Jess Pieklo and Imani Gandy deliver entertaining and helpful legal analysis for resistance-minded folks, including important justice issues coming up in the courts, how legal processes work, and what cases and their outcomes mean for all of us. Subscribe now!