In the second and final day of confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr, witnesses testified both for and against his nomination. Some of it was fluff, but some of it was fire. Rewire.News legal eagles Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo break down the key takeaways as a confirmation vote draws near.
Rewire.News legal experts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy sift through the testimony of Attorney General nominee William Barr, including his subtle but serious signals that he might be a danger to civil rights and immigration justice.
The Trump administration plans to take a sledgehammer to the birth control benefit. Boom! Lawyered hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo explain why its approach might not be entirely legal thanks to a little-known—but super-important—law called the Administrative Procedure Act.
It's the end of the year, but it's just the beginning of a slew of court battles that could reshape our rights for years to come. Rewire.News legal experts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take stock of the legal highs and lows of 2018 with an eye to what's ahead in 2019.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. So why aren’t all LGBTQ people also definitively protected by this law, and whose fault is that? Boom! Lawyered hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain.
A new bill making its way through the Ohio legislature would effectively ban abortion in the state. It’s called a “heartbeat ban," and in this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain how the bill's sponsors plan to use this law to make abortion illegal in every state.
The midterms elections are (mostly) over. Now what? Rewire.News legal experts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy sift through the results and lay out the high-stakes legal and political skirmishes that are likely to follow, especially regarding the right to vote.
Voter suppression in the 2018 midterms is real, and it's scary. In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain the creative and alarming ways Republicans in three states are trying to prevent people from voting.
President Trump claims he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order. In the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, Rewire.News legal experts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain why that's simply not true—but how this move might be part of a scarier and more effective long-term strategy.
In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy introduce you to Roger Severino. He runs the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He decorates his office with a Clarence Thomas bobblehead and a crucifix. And he's the person likely to be driving the Trump Administration's reported efforts to eliminate transgender rights.
