Hello fellow law nerds, welcome to a special episode of Boom Lawyer, brought to you by the legal journalism team that just really wants to talk to you about these fake pregnancy clinics and the lying liars that they are.

I'm Imani Gandhi, and I'm here with Jessica Mason Peaclo, rewire. News is Vice President of Law and Courts

and our resident court whisperer. Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in NIFLA,

National Institute of Family Life Advocates, V. Bacera. It's a case about the California

Reproductive Fact Act and its requirement that clinics disclose that they are not licensed,

if they are not licensed, and disseminate information about California's publicly funded family

planning services. So Jessica, let's get into this a bit. First, I think the most burning question

on everyone's mind is, how much did Clarence Thomas have to say during oral arguments today?

He would not shut up.

I can only imagine.

That's the headline from the story is that Justice Thomas would not show up.

No, as to be expected, Justice Clarence Thomas did not say a single word.

And for folks who are getting caught up to speed on the court, that's pretty much

his MO. Justice Thomas doesn't say anything. And today, he was right on brand. Awesome. So,

tell us a little bit about what is at stake in this case. Sure. So the law is, so the case is a challenge

to the California Reproductive Fact Act that you mentioned.

But it's broader than that because there are two other states, Illinois and Hawaii, that have similar laws on the books.

And a broad ruling that insulates crisis pregnancy centers, these fake clinics from the kinds of disclosures that California and other states have required really would open

the door to a whole host of ways that they could further cloak and deceive people to get them

in the door. And so while that wasn't an issue that the justices dove into a lot during oral

arguments, it's definitely out there and I think one that deserves some attention. Did the justices dove into a lot during oral arguments. It's definitely out there, and I think

one that deserves some attention. Did the justices talk at all about the efforts and the scientific

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