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Boom! Lawyered

What’s It Like to Sue the Trump Administration?

Boom! Lawyered

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

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Jess sits down with Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to discuss the challenges facing progressive attorneys general in the era of Trump and how they are fighting back against his administration.

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0:00.0

Hello, fellow law nerds.

0:09.1

Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyer, a rewire.

0:12.2

News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that wonders whether 807 a.m. is too early to start drinking vodka.

0:20.5

I'm Imani Gandhi. And I'm Jess Peklo. Rewire.

0:24.7

News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights in social justice news, commentary,

0:29.9

and analysis on the web. And the team legal podcast is part of that mission. So a big thanks to

0:34.7

our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners. So, Jess, I did something the other day that if you follow me on Twitter, which you do, but listeners, if you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that I don't really relish doing this thing. And that is going to the woods. I went to the woods. I went to the woods. I went kayak. I put my dog in a kayak. I went on to the middle, out in the middle of Crystal Lake or Clear Lake.

0:56.1

Crystal Lake sounds a little murdery, Amani. It was pretty goddamn murdery. But it was fun and I made it back alive.

1:03.3

But I'm wondering what you did in my absence. How did you cope? Oh my God, Amani. I had a true law nerd moment. Okay, so Denver is hosting a conference for the Democratic Attorneys General Association.

1:14.0

So that means that all of the Democratic AGs are in one place and practically my backyard.

1:20.0

So you must have had some sort of nerdgasm, I imagine, a law nerdgasm of some sort.

1:25.6

I mean, that's a fair assessment of what was going on.

1:30.5

Just like, ah, so glad.

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They're all here in one space, the rotunda.

1:36.2

It was amazing.

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It was amazing.

1:38.6

But I got the chance to talk to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.

1:43.6

She is awesome and doing some really great work.

1:47.6

So let's give a little preview. In March, her office led the charge in filing a nationwide lawsuit

1:53.2

challenging the Trump administration's Title 10 gag rule. Under the Title 10 gag rule, any organization

1:59.1

that provides or refers patients for abortions

2:02.0

is ineligible for Title X funding to cover things like STD prevention, cancer screenings,

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