Ep 40 — Conservative Judges, Drunk On Power, Take The Wheel (feat. Amanda Marcotte)

Today, Liz and Andrew talk to Salon's Amanda Marcotte about the right wing's assault on Title IX through the prism of the political wedge issue of women's sports. Then, Amanda breaks down the phenomenon of conservative "tradwives" as both cosplay and a gateway drug to white supremacy. Links: "Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions," by Amanda Marcotte https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/texas-professors-to-fail-students-seek-abortions/ "After Supreme Court's abortion pill decision, Donald Trump is even more likely to ban abortion," by Amanda Marcotte https://www.salon.com/2024/06/14/after-abortion-pill-decision-donald-is-even-more-likely-to-ban-abortion/ "A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable," by Amanda Marcotte https://www.salon.com/2024/06/17/a-tradwife-drops-a-slur-why-the-rights-trolling-economy-made-lilly-gaddis-rise-inevitable/ Bostock v. Clayton County https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf Title IX fact sheet https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-final-rule-factsheet.pdf 34 CFR Part 106 (Final Rule - Title IX) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-unofficial-final-rule-2024.pdf -Reed O'Connor "striking down" fact sheet https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970.37.0.pdf TX v. USA (Judge Kacsmaryk Docket, via Court Listener) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68479793/state-of-texas-v-the-united-states-of-america/ TX v. Cardona (Judge O'Connor Docket, via Court Listener) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67502155/the-state-of-texas-v-cardona/ Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .