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Many of the signature rulings that we have seen to me go all the way back to Polly's

notion of human dignity and human equality and authentic selfhood.

Hi and welcome to Amicus. This is Slates Podcast about the courts and the law and the Supreme Court

and the rule of law. And I'm Dalia Lithwick and I cover those things for Slate.

Today's show is part of our summer series where we take a step back from the new cycle

to talk a little bit about books you haven't read yet, films you haven't seen yet.

And this week we wanted to talk about one of the most seminal figures in the last century's

civil rights battles for both racial and gender equality, Polymerie. Later on in the show,

Slates' own Mark Joseph Stern will be joining us with the triumphant return of our Slate Plus segment

with very much to plow through as the court hands down. ShadowDocket decision after shadowDocket

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But now to the main show. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known as the Thurgood Marshall of the

Gender Equality Movement, I don't even know what to call Polymerie who believe it or not,

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