Boom! Lawyered

Buckle up, y’all—we have a doozy for you today. This week, Imani and Jess get into the Supreme Court oral arguments in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools. It was supposed to be a narrow education rights case that looked at whether students have to meet an impossibly high bar to sue schools under the Americans with Disabilities Act—that is, until Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt entered the chat and made things a little spicier. Now, Blatt is trying to make it difficult for anyone with disabilities to bring forth discrimination cases, and even the Supreme Court justices were confused. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/donate/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q1-general&utm_source=podcast-bl&utm_medium=post]. And sign up for The Fallout [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/the-fallout/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q3-general&utm_source=newsletter-fallout&utm_medium=post], a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

School libraries are not indoctrinating kids with “LGBTQ+ ideology”—I know that, you know that, we know that. But conservatives love pretending they don’t. This week, Jess and Imani get into Mahmoud v. Taylor, a Supreme Court case that could upend First Amendment rights with the potential to fundamentally erase the separation of church and state in public schools. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/donate/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q1-general&utm_source=podcast-bl&utm_medium=post]. And sign up for The Fallout [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/the-fallout/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q3-general&utm_source=newsletter-fallout&utm_medium=post], a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

Editor's note: This episode was recorded on April 16, 2025. The Trump administration’s lawlessness is hard to exaggerate—and especially so in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the White House admitted was mistakenly deported to a detention center in El Salvador. And even though the Supreme Court ordered the administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, Trump and his cronies are doubling down. The White House is completely disregarding due process—and it’s a threat to all of us. This week, Jess and Imani get into Abrego Garcia’s nightmarish case, El Salvador and the U.S. government volleying blame on each other to avoid his rightful return, and President Donald Trump’s apparent desire to “deport” American citizens to a foreign detention center. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/donate/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q1-general&utm_source=podcast-bl&utm_medium=post]. And sign up for The Fallout [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/the-fallout/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q3-general&utm_source=newsletter-fallout&utm_medium=post], a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

This week, Jess and Imani join Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El of Feminist Buzzkills live from The Black Cat in Washington, D.C. for a rowdy takedown of the latest abortion case to reach the Supreme Court, the election results in Wisconsin, and more. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/donate/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q1-general&utm_source=podcast-bl&utm_medium=post]. And sign up for The Fallout [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/the-fallout/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q3-general&utm_source=newsletter-fallout&utm_medium=post], a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.

President Donald Trump famously has a… strained relationship with the law, to say the least. His first term saw numerous legal challenges to attempted policies—not to mention his two impeachments.  Now, barely two months into his second term, Trump is already facing more than 100 lawsuits over his attacks on birthright citizenship, gutting of the federal workforce, and more. In this episode, Jess and Imani dive into the Trump administration’s attacks on the law, from targeting law firms to straight up ignoring court orders.  And psst—Washington, D.C. listeners, don’t miss seeing Jess and Imani live with Feminist Buzzills’ Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El! They’ll be taking the stage at the Black Cat on April 3 at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.). Get tickets here [https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/36301155/feminist-buzzkills-x-boom-lawyered-live-podcast-washington-black-cat?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZuivdqKnpKi-zTJFdaVc0c7Mbtjksnu4S8uB8bPvJrV-3q-8wXg39c6ow_aem_trRWY3OC4wEM2UHO5jpdAQ]. Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, which means that episodes like this one are only made possible with the support of listeners like you! If you can, please join our team by donating here [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/donate/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q1-general&utm_source=podcast-bl&utm_medium=post]. And sign up for The Fallout [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/the-fallout/?utm_campaign=rng-2024-q3-general&utm_source=newsletter-fallout&utm_medium=post], a weekly newsletter written by Jess that’s exclusively dedicated to covering every aspect of this unprecedented moment.