From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lehrer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Monday, April 17th.

A lot of the politics as we begin this week are focused on the courts.

Even as we speak, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee

is holding a hearing in Manhattan that it claims is about how DA Alvin Bragg is not doing a good

job for crime victims, but seems to really be a way to try to discredit Bragg after a Manhattan

grand jury indicted Donald Trump. Then there is the high-stakes court drama over the past 10 days, of course, over the abortion

pill, Miffipristone, such a rare occurrence to have a federal district court, then an appeals

court, then the Supreme Court weigh in on a case in rapid succession like that, and the

stakes, of course, are so high for American

women.

We'll explain where that stands.

And there are new revelations about Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, his ties to a major

real estate developer.

How serious a conflict of interest do we have here?

So with us now is Emily Bazelon, staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slates,

Political GabFest podcast, Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School,

and author of the book, Charge, the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration.

Emily, always great to have you, and I know you're joining on short notice today.

We really, really appreciate it.

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