The next major Supreme Court fight over nationwide abortion access since the overturn of Roe v. Wade is coming up. Oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, regarding mifepristone access, one of two drugs used in medication abortion, is set for March 26, and the justices could potentially set access back decades.In this flashback episode, Jess and Imani discuss how anti-choice activists are using scare tactics—and language like “chemical abortion”—to stigmatize mifepristone. Decades of research and data show mifepristone is safe and effective.Rewire News Groupis a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

What’s With All the Fearmongering Over Abortion Pills? (Re-Release)

Catch up with stories you may have missed at rewirenewsgroup.com.Rewire News Groupis a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Valentine's Week Message From Jess and Imani

Junk science is everywhere surrounding the big medication abortion case the Supreme Court will hear in late March, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The junk science is so improper, in fact, that the academic publishers who published studies that were cited by the plaintiffs—and the lower court judge who ruled on it, Matthew Kacsmaryk—retracted them.As Imani says in this week's episode, the Supreme Court may very well rely on a bunch of bozos when it decides to maintain the restrictions on access to abortion that were imposed by Kacsmaryk and the Fifth Circuit. So if the evidence upon which that decision was based is garbage, the Court should rule in favor of the FDA. Right?Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Hello Mife, My Old Friend. Junk Science Is Attacking You Again.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling this week regarding abortion, and there's been some confusion around it. No, the court didn't find a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution. However, the justices did pave the way for that possibility as they weighed whether Medicaid must cover abortions in Pennsylvania.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

What the Hell Exactly Happened for Abortion in Pennsylvania?

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration issued guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to say that emergency care at Medicare-funded hospitals includes abortion care.So why, when there has been a clear violation of that, did the administration side with the hospital over the patient who needed care and throw doctors under the bus?This week, Jess and Imani get into Jaci Statton's case—the perfect example of what's wrong with relying on EMTALA to enforce abortion rights.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Why Is the Biden Administration Throwing Doctors Under the Bus?

Last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban to go into effect, and that’s terrible not just for Alabama, but also for Georgia and Florida, both of which are located in the 11th Circuit and have gender-affirming care bans being litigated right now. Hear from Jess and Imani, who've got everything you need to know about Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey and why the ruling is flat out wrong.Mentioned in this episode:This Is the Big Trans Rights Case That SCOTUS Could Hear Next YearThis Case Could End Teens' Birth Control AccessRewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Discrimination Against Trans Kids and Their Parents Is Spreading

We've got not one but two abortion cases at the Supreme Court this spring, with the possibility of yet another heavily rewritten reproductive rights landscape.Welcome back to Boom! Lawyered. Jess and Imani are ready to fill you in on everything you need to know about the latest Court case on EMTALA, or the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires emergency rooms to treat patients regardless of their ability to pay.But what about pregnant people who might need life-saving care in states with abortion bans?Will the justices save pregnant people or state abortion bans?Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Back in 'Lawyers for Fetuses' Territory

We'll be back on January 5, 2024. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Happy Holidays From Jess and Imani

Texas resident and former Rewire News Group staff member Andrea Grimes joins Imani on the final episode of 2023. From Kate Cox to Texas' SB 8, they break down the confusing mess and nonsense going on in Texas' abortion landscape. See you in 2024!Mentioned in this episode:Andrea Grimes for Rewire News GroupRewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Making Sense of Texas' BS: It's Special Guest Andrea Grimes!

You'll likely be hearing a lot more about L.W. v. Skrmetti, a trans rights case that the ACLU has requested the Supreme Court takes up.Jess and Imani get into the nuts and bolts of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed Tennessee's gender-affirming ban targeting trans kids to take effect, breaking previous federal court consensus that these bans are unconstitutional. Led by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a George W. Bush appointee, it was the first decision to let a gender-affirming ban take effect, which has led to a domino effect on other similar bans in the country.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

The Major Trans Rights Case SCOTUS Could Hear Next Year

Jess and Imani will be back the next week for the final three episodes of 2023.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Special Holiday Message From Imani and Jess!

Meet Zackey Rahimi, someone who apparently has never met a situation he didn’t try to shoot his way out of, including family, random drivers, and Whataburger.Jess and Imani are back to break down last week's Supreme Court oral arguments in his case, United States v. Rahimi, which boils down to originalism on steroids. As Jess says Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's oral arguments showed, "If you believe in originalism like, really believe in it with your whole chest, then you also really believe in Christian patriarchy that includes men having dominion over women and children the same way that God has dominion over his creations. That's how you enshrine that kind of dominionist religious belief into legal code. That idea of dominion as a philosophy is the basis of property law—and now it might become the basis of Second Amendment law."Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.

The Originalist Case for Arming Domestic Abusers

The demise of the constitutional right to privacy, conservatives' attacks on birth control, and Jess and Imani's ol' pal U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. What do these things all have in common?The case Deanda v. Becerra—about whether teens can get birth control from federally funded health centers without their parents' consent. Kacsmaryk, a Trump judge, has ruled that teens can't despite Title X regulations saying they can.Jess and Imani get into why the case is such a big deal, what might happen if the case reaches the Supreme Court, and more.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

This Case Could End Teens' Birth Control Access

This week, Imani and Jess dive into civil procedure (sorry Jess) as they discuss whether the Supreme Court will kick a case that could interfere with enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. They explain what civil rights testers do, what case mootness is, and why the Court should—and probably will—decline to rule in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer on standing.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Mootness Might Save Civil Rights Testing

Imani and Jess are back to chat about the conservative assault on trans folks’ personhood. They get into the slew of attacks the community has faced this year alone, and Imani makes the case for equal rights protections for trans people. It's all part of our latest special issue, They the People.Mentioned in this episode:Here’s One Thing the Constitution Could Do to Protect Trans PeopleIt’s the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Supreme CourtRewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Who Gets to Be a Person?

In the meantime, catch up with our latest special issue, "They the People," all about trans rights.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Jess and Imani Will Return Next Week—Live!

Smell that? It’s the stink of the Supreme Court’s corruption creeping closer. Before the Court’s next term begins Monday, Imani and Jess preview some of the upcoming cases it’s set or likely to decide, including lawsuits over access to mifepristone, racist gerrymandering, and insurance coverage for gender-affirming care. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Our Big SCOTUS Preview

The Supreme Court's stink of corruption didn't take a summer break like we did. From everything going on with Ginni Thomas to Justice Samuel "the Leak" Alito and Federalist Society President Leonard Leo, Jess and Imani return and get you caught up with these democracy underminers. Can everyone get another hobby?Welcome to a new season of the Boom! Lawyered podcast. Thanks for joining us!Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means Boom! Lawyered is only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Meet Ginni Thomas, the Tenth Justice

Well, it happened: The Supreme Court killed affirmative action, with all six conservative justices—yes, including so-called moderate Chief Justice John Roberts—ruling against the policy in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/University of North Carolina.In the live season finale of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down the majority and dissenting opinions, and the impact it will have on college admissions. They also dig into 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which is expected to come down Friday—the final day of the Court's term—and Melissa Gira Grant’s bombshell report in the New Republic.Rewire News Groupis a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered—especially live episodes like this one—is only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up forThe Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

The End of Affirmative Action

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle didn't mince words in his barnburner of an opinion striking down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' draconian anti-trans bill. In his opinion for Doe v. Ladapo, Hinkle wrote: "Pushing individuals away from their transgender identity is not a legitimate state interest."On a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani break down the decision and what's next for trans rights in the Sunshine State.Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that Boom! Lawyered is only made possible by the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here.And sign up for The Fallout, a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Get Started

Download the App