280: The Red Queen’s Revenge

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Get tickets for the #SistersInLaw Live Show in Denver, Colorado, on 4/23/26 at politicon.com/tour

Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to analyze the SCOTUS ruling shutting down Trump’s tariffs, explain the major questions doctrine underpinning part of the decision, why the court split the way it did, and how the ruling will affect future decisions. Then, the #Sisters discuss CBS's refusal to air Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico under the equal time rule, the history of the fairness doctrine, the behavior of Trump’s FCC, and the political forces shaping free speech. They also cover the arrest of Prince Andrew, the difference in accountability in the U.K., reactions from the Royal Family, and the epidemic of powerful figures evading justice.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hashtag Sisters-in-law with Barb McQuaid, Joyce Fance, Kimberly Atkins Store, and me, Joel Wein Banks. We will be doing a live show in Denver that I want you to know about. Denver,
0:23.2	Colorado, here we come. It's going to be at the Cervantes Masterpiece Theater on April 23rd.
0:29.9	Tickets are available now at politicon.com slash tour, and we can't wait to see you there. We love meeting you in person, and we have more
0:40.7	live shows to announce very soon, so stay tuned to here if your city is one we're going to visit
0:47.0	soon. We love Colorado. It's so beautiful. So many of our Olympians come from training in Colorado, and we all have friends there.
0:59.0	So everybody, come out and meet us.
1:01.9	We want to see you.
1:04.0	Colorado, Rocky Mountain High.
1:08.0	Ooh, keep it up, Kim.
1:09.6	Come on.
1:12.7	I'll make a believe. I love it. I love it.
1:25.1	People of Denver, send us your favorite songs about your home, because if I make a playlist, it's going to be all John Denver. I won't. I need more creativity. So send them and we'll make one.
1:31.1	We also hope you've been enjoying our new podcast, Sisters Sidebar, where we answer questions that we can't get to in the main show.
1:34.6	It airs on Wednesdays, so keep sending in those questions by voice note or email.
1:40.5	We really do love hearing your voices, so try a voice note, but you can also use email, and remember
1:47.4	to tune in to listen to Sister's Sidebar. We have a great show plan for today. We're going to be discussing,
1:54.7	I bet you knew it, tariffs. Yes, the Supreme Court decision came down, and we're going to look at it and analyze it.
2:02.7	But we're going to also turn to talking about Andrew, formerly known as Prince, and what he's under investigation for.
2:12.8	And then we have an exciting discussion about Colbert and the FCC. So stay tuned. So before we get to
2:21.0	those topics, I have a question for all of you. And that is, I'm sure we're all watching the
2:26.6	Olympics and we all saw the dramatic fall of Ilya Malanin. And it made me think about one that I had had. And I'm wondering if you've
2:37.1	ever had such a public humiliation, not necessarily falling, but some other way. So let me ask you.
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