Scalia's Son May Be Trump's New Tool (to Dismantle Civil Rights)

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🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Labor has proposed a rule that could gut civil rights protections for the employees of more than 42,000 businesses that hold a federal contract. Imani and Jess explain the rule, its impact, and why former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia might roll over in his grave if he knew his son could be tasked with enforcing it. Anyone can comment on this law here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/15/2019-17472/implementing-legal-requirements-regarding-the-equal-opportunity-clauses-religious-exemption

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow law nerds.
0:09.0	Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyer, a rewire.
0:12.2	Dot News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that feels really targeted by what's going on with the federal judiciary right now.
0:20.8	And like, I really would just like a break.
0:22.7	We can't keep up.
0:24.1	I'm Imani Gandhi.
0:25.3	And I'm Jess Peklo.
0:27.1	Rewire.News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights in social
0:31.0	justice news, commentary, and analysis on the web.
0:34.1	And the team legal podcast is part of that mission.
0:36.4	So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners jess being us is so hard well okay what do you mean
0:44.0	well here we are essentially watching the collapse of civilization as we know it and we totally
0:50.6	called it yeah it's like we were screaming about the courts for seven years and so few
0:56.7	people were listening and now all this terrible shit that we've been screaming about is coming to
1:01.8	pass and it's like I just want to scream at everyone. We told you so. But what's the point in
1:07.8	that? Being right in this situation is the actual worst.
1:11.7	Yeah, it sucks.
1:12.4	And I don't want to yell at people, I told you so.
1:15.3	I just want to go back to 2016 and slap everyone who said that the courts will be fine
1:21.4	upside the head.
1:22.9	No.
1:23.5	But I'm not allowed to slap people upside the head because apparently that's a salt.
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