Hello, fellow law nerds. Welcome to a very special summer session of boom,

Lawyard, a Rewire News Group podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that is excited to be having fun during this election.

So let's celebrate that.

I'm Rewire News Group's editor at large, Imani Gandhi.

And I'm Jess Peeklo, Rewire News Group's executive editor.

Rewire News Group is the one and only home for expert reprojournalism that inspires you to hold two truths at the same time.

Yes, the Olympics are bad, but also they are fun.

And the Boom Lawyard podcast is part of that mission.

So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners.

And welcome to Summer Session.

Summer Session is a special summer season of Boom Lawyard,

where we bring out some guests to talk about law, politics, and, well, really, whatever the hell we want.

Because this is our show, damn it.

Yeah.

So today we are talking with Mediba K. Denny.

She is an attorney, columnist, and professor whose work focuses on fostering an equitable multiracial democracy. Her debut book,

The Originalism Trap, colon, how extremists stole the Constitution and how we the people can take

it back, is now available wherever books are sold. Mediba is the deputy editor and senior contributor

at the critical legal commentary outlet, balls and strikes. Love balls and strikes.

Yes. And in her previous role as counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, she provided legal

and policy analysis regarding a range of democracy issues, including the census, the courts,

and attempts to disempower communities of color. And she would like you to know that though she has many

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