She just said we fucking killed this bro.

Hey y'all, it's Rianan.

Today we are releasing a special episode of 5-4,

an episode that will be part of a series I'm doing

about social justice,

lawyering, and the work of progressive and leftist lawyers.

We talk so much on the show about the evil being done in the law,

and I want to talk about good work for a change.

I want listeners to hear about the lawyers on the front lines

and legal battles to protect the most vulnerable

to make the law work for all of us and to build a just future.

This episode is about public defenders and gun control.

Last year, the Supreme Court heard New York State Rifle and Pistol Association

be brewing, a case about whether New York's gun licensing laws

violated the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

While gun control advocates and many liberals said that the restrictions on gun ownership in

New York were necessary to prevent gun violence, a group of public defenders viled a brief in the case,

arguing that the licensing regime should be struck down.

Not just because it violated the Second Amendment,

but because it was also selectively and disproportionately enforced against their clients,

poor black and brown people in New York City.

In the end, the Supreme Court did strike down the gun licensing laws,

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