Rewriting a Constitution: What We Can Learn from Chile

Ordinary Equality

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News, Suffrage, Politics, History, Women's Rights, Society & Culture, Reproductive Rights, Equal Rights, Era, Abortion, Equal Rights Amendment

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🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Protestors in Chile fought for a referendum on basic civil rights. And it worked. They achieved what the United States has avoided doing since its foundation: they rewrote the constitution. This new document faces ratification in a few days. And it could become the first constitution in the world to enshrine abortion rights as one of its founding principles.

In this episode, Kate and Jamia talk to some of the folks behind this historic movement. They learn just what goes into rewriting a country’s legal guide: how to say goodbye to an old model of lawmaking, how to learn from the mistakes of constitutions past, and how to write a new founding document as diverse as the country it’s meant to serve.

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0:00.0	From loosening gun restrictions to overturning Roe v. Wade to severely threatening our Miranda rights.
0:09.3	The Supreme Court has had a busy summer dismantling decades old legal precedent.
0:14.8	And the news around these decisions can be a lot to process.
0:19.7	Crooked media's strict scrutiny is a podcast that covers the United States Supreme Court
0:24.3	and the legal culture that surrounds it.
0:27.1	Each week, co-hosts and law professors Leah Littman, Kate Shaw and Melissa Murray,
0:33.1	personal heroes of mine, break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country.
0:40.0	As we gear up for midterm elections, it's more important than ever to understand the repercussions of these SCOTUS decisions and what we can do to fight back this November.
0:50.1	Listen to new episodes of strict scrutiny every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:56.0	This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity.
1:01.8	It's a decision that she must make for herself.
1:07.2	From Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, dedicated women marched.
1:13.6	Abortion is fast becoming the new political fault line.
1:16.6	My body, my choice!
1:18.6	My body, my choice!
1:21.6	Alabama's governor has signed the nation's strictest abortion ban into law.
1:26.6	The Human Life Protection Act outlaws the procedure except when the mother's life is at risk.
1:32.6	This bill is not about pro-life or the right to life.
1:37.2	This bill is about control.
1:39.0	We will not go back.
1:42.2	And we, the people of the United States of America, documented or undocumented, are having abortions legal or not.
1:52.0	This court will never stop us.
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