The Dubious Legality of Trump's DC Takeover

<p>Kate and Leah recap the week's legal news, including argument calendars for the next SCOTUS term and President Trump's attempted federal takeover of Washington, DC. Then, it's our third annual State of The Uterus episode. Melissa and Leah talk with Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen, founder of <a href="https://theclutchkit.com/">ClutchKit</a>, about the current status of reproductive freedom three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Finally, Leah talks about the authors of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/after-dobbs-how-the-supreme-court-ended-roe-but-not-abortion-carole-joffe/21590425?ean=9780807017661&amp;next=t"><i>After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe, But Not Abortion</i></a>.</p><p>Favorite Things:<br />Leah: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/unbearable-five-women-and-the-perils-of-pregnancy-in-america-irin-carmon/76ffd7309181c49c?ean=9781668032602&amp;next=t">Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancies in America</a>, by Irin Carmon; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DNUBdFRh7CY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">track list and cover art</a> for Taylor Swift's forthcoming The Life of a Showgirl; Ben Platt's cover of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSsRRzIPhjA&amp;list=RDJSsRRzIPhjA&amp;start_radio=1&amp;ab_channel=ThePlaylistProject">Diet Pepsi</a>; Melissa's appearance on Nicole Wallace's podcast, <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/the-best-people-with-nicolle-wallace/melissa-murray-jlo-law-rcna224309">The Best People</a>; "<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5371287">Redistricting Texas Now is Illegal and the U.S. Department of Justice is the Reason Why</a>," by Ellen Katz; and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/annabower.bsky.social/post/3lwagiglxps2b">Laura Loomer's weird deposition</a> in a case against Bill Maher</p><p>Kate: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/vera-or-faith-gary-shteyngart/21879858?ean=9780593595091&amp;next=t"><i>Vera, or Faith</i></a>, by Gary Shteyngart; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/parable-of-the-talents-octavia-e-butler/7395430?ean=9781538732199&amp;next=t"><i>Parable of the Talents</i></a><i>,</i> by Octavia Butler; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil-v-e-schwab/21504341?ean=9781250320520&amp;next=t"><i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil</i></a> by V.E. Schwab; <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5360131">The Retrievals</a>; "<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5360131">The Chadha Presidency</a>," by Josh Chafetz; and "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/trump-roberts-supreme-court-gerrymander.html?searchResultPosition=1">Trump, John Roberts and the Unsettling of American Politics</a>," by David Dailey</p><p></p><p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! </p><ul>