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