Can Religious Parents Veto Books in Public Schools?

Kate and Leah recap oral arguments in two big cases the Supreme Court heard this week. The first is about LGBTQ+ inclusive reading materials in public schools, and the second is about the Affordable Care Act's mechanism for ensuring preventative care. There are also developments in the Alien Enemies Act litigation, and a devastating, if predictable, executive order targeting the Civil Rights Act. Plus, Emily Amick, of Emily In Your Phone, joins to discuss the rise of the creepy conservative push to get women to have more babies.

Hosts' Favorite Things: Leah:

SCOTUS conservatives seem eager to increase parents' religious rights in public schools • by Chris Geidner How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench • by Mark Joseph Stern Deportation to CECOT: The Constitutional Prohibition on Punishment Without Charge or Trial • by Ahilan Arulanantham REVEALED: Elon and Trump's Plans to Mint More Mothers by Emily AmickThese Summer Storms • by Sarah MacLean

Kate:

The Trump Victim I Can’t Stop Thinking About • by Michelle Goldberg We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All • by Sen. Edward J. Markey, Rep. Jim McGovern, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley

Emily:

Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican • by Anna Silman Everyone is Lying to You • by Jo Piazza The Testaments • by Margaret Atwood The Witch Elm • by Tana French

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