A Blockbuster Day For The Supreme Court

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The Supreme Court will issue a slew of major opinions today on what’s expected to be the final day of its current term. Still outstanding are decisions in cases over President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order, a voting rights challenge in Louisiana, LGBTQ books in schools, and more. On Thursday, the court also paved the way for states to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, even for services not at all related to abortion. Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Low School in Los Angeles, explains the justices' Planned Parenthood opinion and what they might have in store for us today. And in headlines: Republicans are racing to meet a July 4th deadline to pass President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill despite yet another major setback in the Senate, Congress is still at odds over whether the US strikes on Iran “obliterated” the country's nuclear program, and a CDC vaccine panel made recommendations that could make it harder to get the flu vaccine.

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0:00.0	It's Friday, June 27th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Wadaday, the show that says
0:07.7	Happy 10-year plus one-day anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that
0:13.0	legalized marriage equality in all 50 states. Today, marriage equality has a 68% approval
0:20.2	rating in the United States. And if that's not
0:22.8	surprising or amazing to you in any way, go find an older LGBTQ person and ask them.
0:31.7	On today's show, Defense Secretary Pete Higsef whines about news outlets not towing the White
0:36.6	House line on the success of the Iran strikes.
0:39.1	And Republicans face another major setback on their big, beautiful bill. But let's start with the Supreme Court.
0:46.2	The justices say today is going to be the last day of the current term and boy howdy, they've set
0:51.4	themselves up to release a lot of big decisions in just one day.
0:55.8	As of this morning, we're expecting decisions in a case challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.
1:02.7	The justices aren't specifically deciding the birthright citizenship part of the case right now,
1:07.0	but they are expected to weigh in on how much power lower court judges have to block
1:12.1	orders like these from going into effect nationwide. We're also expecting opinions on a big
1:17.2	voting rights case out of Louisiana, a case about porn and age verification from Texas,
1:22.5	there is an Obamacare challenge, and a case about LGBTQ books in schools. It's a lot, and I'm personally not feeling
1:29.5	great about it. On Thursday, the court also issued a bunch of opinions as it winds down its term.
1:35.6	The big case, the justices decided, essentially paves the way for states to block
1:39.4	planned parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, even for care that has nothing to do with
1:43.9	abortion. Given the zeal for red states to, quote, defund planned parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, even for care that has nothing to do with abortion.
1:44.8	Given the zeal for red states to, quote, defund planned parenthood, this could put the organization
1:49.7	at real risk in some areas and make it even harder for low-income people to get care of any kind.
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