SCOTUS Greenlights Government Corruption

<p>Leah, Melissa, and Kate weigh the implications of Bloomberg’s <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-supreme-court-poised-to-allow-emergency-abortions-in-idaho">scoop</a> on EMTALA (apparently someone at the court got a little trigger-happy with the upload button). Then they take a look at today’s two official opinions–is a $13,000 bribe equivalent to buying someone Chipotle? Coach Kavanaugh has thoughts. And did the government strong-arm social media companies into censoring content? There’s a word for that: jawboning.</p><p></p><p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! </p><ul>

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