252: The Rules Of Calvin Ball

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to analyze how recent court decisions impact Trump’s agenda and the rule of law across almost all sectors of society, from academic freedom to tariffs, immigration, and more. Then, the #Sisters dissect the legality of an attempt in Texas to limit abortion in Blue states, and sound the alarm over similar plans to restrict access to medical abortion drugs. They also give an update on the president’s war on the Federal Reserve, explain the nuances of the mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, and expand on the increased danger of MAGA-led witch hunts..

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Kimberly Atkins Store, Barb McQuaid, and me, Jill Wine Banks.
0:17.2	Joyce is away this week, but she'll be back with us next week, and we will miss her this week.
0:23.1	Right now, you can get the Resistance Minitote and T-shirt. They sell fast. We do restock them as fast as we can,
0:32.2	but if you order right now, you can get one. Go to Politicon.com slash merch to get yours now. We have a really big show for you today.
0:43.2	We have so many Trump losses that it's hard to count, but we're going to fill you in.
0:49.3	We have a Texas bounty hunting law that is going into effect and will affect abortion medication
0:57.9	throughout the country possibly. We'll tell you all about that. And the DOJ is ramping up its efforts
1:04.5	to give Trump control of the independent Federal Reserve Bank. But before we start on these heavy topics, I want to ask both of you
1:14.5	what your favorite sightseeing advice is in your city. It's fall. It's beautiful. I mean,
1:21.9	do you love going to places where you can see the fall foliage? Or what are the favorite things
1:27.2	you would recommend to someone
1:29.1	who's visiting your hometown? Do I get Detroit, Kim? Yes, you can take Detroit. We always have the
1:36.9	battle for which of us is the true Detroit. So I have a couple of suggestions. For anybody coming to
1:43.0	southeastern Michigan, there are some wonderful things to see.
1:47.3	If you go to Detroit, the best thing in Detroit, it's a little bit of a hidden gem, but it's so great.
1:53.2	It is the Motown Museum.
1:55.7	It's so good.
1:57.3	And we are fortunate enough to be at a moment in history when most of the docents are still
2:03.9	adults, older adults, who grew up in the neighborhood and knew all these people. Like,
2:10.1	oh yeah, Diana Ross was my next door neighbor or Stevie Wonder lived down the street for me. And
2:15.0	they've got amazing stories. You know, it was an old house and there's all kinds of great stuff about how they'd go into the bathroom to record to get the right echoey sound and stuff. Phenomenal. So highly recommend that. If you love sports, as I do, come on down to Ann Arbor and see the big house, largest football stadium in America. And it is really a spectacle and a place to see.
2:36.0	You know, come for the football, stay for the fun. Even if you don't like football, you'll love
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