How to Stop Getting Screwed in the SCOTUS

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🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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If Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could add anything to the US Constitution, it would be an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)--and Cristen and Caroline are on a mission to make that happen. Today, we talk to filmmaker and activist Kamala Lopez about the century-long fight for an ERA, why we still need one, and the unladylike power we have to finally get a constitutional IUD to protect our rights from unplanned politics. Find #IUDmyrights images to share (and resources galore) at unladylike.co. Follow Unladylike on social @unladylikemedia. Sign up for our newsletter at unladylike.co/newsletter. Find Unladylike merch at unladylike.co/shop. This episode is brought to you by Beyond Meat [http://beyondmeat.com/unladylike], Flex [http://ihatetampons.com with code UNLADYLIKE], Stitch Fix [http://stitchfix.com/unladylike], Vrai & Oro [http://truthandgold.com/unladylike], Mod Cloth [http://modcloth.com with code UNLADYLIKE] and The Spy Who Dumped Me [in theaters August 3]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I could choose an amendment to add to this constitution, it would be the Equal Rights
0:16.0	Amendment.
0:17.0	I'm Caroline and if there's ever been a time to listen to our Supreme Queen Ruth Bader
0:45.3	Ginsburg, it's now.
0:47.9	With Justice Kennedy going on, well, a permanent summer vacation, the US Supreme Court is
0:52.9	poised to shift sharply conservative.
0:55.8	So is it time to plan a funeral for Roe?
0:58.3	Hell no!
0:59.3	Y'all, it's time to make RBG's ERA dream come true.
1:05.3	And if those three letters don't ring any bells, think of the ERA as an IUD for your
1:11.4	rights.
1:12.4	And Dr. Ruth describes, an Equal Rights Amendment or ERA, safely inserted into the
1:17.1	constitution, would provide effective long-lasting protection from unplanned politics.
1:23.0	It means that women are people equal and statured before the law.
1:28.7	I think we have achieved that through legislation, but legislation can be repealed.
1:37.1	It can be altered.
1:39.3	That principle belongs in our constitution.
1:42.1	You're really doubting your mind that that would pass the judgment of the American people.
1:47.6	Well, it didn't.
1:48.6	It came pretty close.
1:50.9	Ruth speaks the truth, y'all.
1:52.7	The ERA came within spitting distance of being added to the constitution back in the
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