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Boom! Lawyered

‘Reverse Discrimination’ Isn’t a Thing, but the Roberts Court Might Disagree

Boom! Lawyered

Rewire News Group

Immigration, News, History, Jeff Sessions, Reproductive, Racial, Trials, Law, Lgbtq, Supreme Court, Scotus, Government, Politics, Justice, Discrimination

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take a case that would give school districts the ability to affirmatively discriminate against transgender students. Jess and Imani explain how a bad decision in this case could enshrine the bogus concept of "reverse discrimination" into law, putting even more rights—and lives—at risk.

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0:00.0

Hello, fellow law nerds.

0:09.3

Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyer, a rewire.

0:12.6

Dot News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that is super excited that the University

0:18.3

of Virginia won the NCAA championship. Woo, woo, woo, wahoo,

0:22.8

go who's, et cetera. I'm Imani Gandhi. Go Bucky. And I'm Jess Piclo. Rewire. Dot News is

0:30.1

dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social justice news, commentary,

0:35.1

and analysis on the web. And the Team Legal podcast is part of that mission.

0:39.0

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

0:43.0

Alliance Defending Freedom and Conservative Women's Groups want the Supreme Court to take a case that would give school districts

0:49.0

the ability to affirmatively discriminate against transgender students.

0:53.9

The case is called Jane Doe versus

0:56.0

Boyertown Area School District, and while there's plenty of reasons for the court not to take the case,

1:02.2

ADF has it framed in such a way that it may be too tempting for the Roberts Court to pass up.

1:09.4

Grown. Grown.

1:11.1

Big grown.

1:12.9

So in this episode, we're going to talk about that case.

1:15.9

We're going to talk about what's at stake in that case, and we're going to groan.

1:25.8

So, Jessica, where do we begin? Can you just tell us a little bit about what this case is all about?

1:32.2

Sure. We begin with the fact that this case is a trap. It's a trap. Flat out, a trap.

1:37.6

It's a tarp!

1:40.9

Insert your Star Wars tip right there. Unlike a lot of the trans cases that we are used to that we see a trans student or an employee who's suing to have their rights enforced, this case involves cisgender students challenging their school's trans inclusive policy.

1:56.3

And they're arguing that by allowing trans students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, the school districts are violating there the cisgender student's privacy rights.

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