Professor and Pulitzer-nominated author Marci Hamilton joins RJ Court Watch to talk about the explosion of so-called religious liberty bills in the states, and what they could mean as the Supreme Court considers marriage equality.The post RJ C

RJ Court Watch: Indiana Convicts Its First Pregnant Person of ‘Feticide’

Feb 9th, 2015 16m 14s

The Purvi Patel prosecution shines a light on the terrifying conclusion to anti-abortion rhetoric that criminalizes pregnancy outcomes and pits the pregnant person against her fetus. The post RJ Court Watch: Indiana Convicts Its First Pregnant

RJ Court Watch: Why Loretta Lynch Is the Right Nominee for Attorney General

Dec 1st, 2014 20m 30s

Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo talk with political analyst Zerlina Maxwell about the nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as U.S. attorney general.The post RJ Court Watch: Why Loretta Lynch Is the Right Nominee for Attorney

RJ Court Watch: The Fight for Voting Rights and Abortion Access in Texas

Oct 28th, 2014 22m 41s

In the opening month of its term, the Supreme Court issued emergency orders on voting rights and abortion access in Texas. Rewire's Andrea Grimes joins us to discuss the overlap right now in the fight for reproductive and voting rights in the w

RJ Court Watch: Little Sisters of the Poor and the Politics of the Birth Control Lawsuits

Oct 2nd, 2014 21m 27s

In this episode of RJ Court Watch, we talk to Brigitte Amiri, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, about the politics of the Little Sisters of the Poor crusade against the birth control benefit.The post RJ Court

RJ Court Watch: Searching for Justice in Ferguson

Sep 3rd, 2014 25m 41s

Pamela Merritt joins us to talk about the killing of Michael Brown and police violence as a reproductive justice issue.The post RJ Court Watch: Searching for Justice in Ferguson appeared first on Rewire News Group.

RJ Court Watch: After ‘Hobby Lobby,’ What’s Next?

Aug 6th, 2014 29m 14s

The Roberts Court ruled in favor of corporate religious rights in Hobby Lobby. Does this mark the end to some of this fight?The post RJ Court Watch: After ‘Hobby Lobby,’ What’s Next? appeared first on Rewire News Group.

RJ Court Watch: The State of Marriage Equality One Year After ‘United States v. Windsor’

Jun 2nd, 2014 21m 54s

June marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that required the federal government recognize same-sex marriages. How much longer until marriage equality is a reality nationwide?The post RJ Court Watch: The State

RJ Court Watch: Can a Reproductive Justice Framework Help Turn North Carolina Blue?

Apr 28th, 2014 21m 57s

In this episode, RJ Court Watch hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss signs of hope and an emerging reproductive justice framework to respond to the relentless attacks on individual rights on everything from abortion access to voti

RJ Court Watch: What’s at Stake in the Contraception Cases Before SCOTUS?

Mar 24th, 2014 27m 3s

In this episode, RJ Court Watch hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialty cases challenging the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act and unpack the legal and political arguments

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