A Victory for LGBTQ Americans
From your friends on the conservative Supreme Court.

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Episode Notes
On Monday, the conservative Supreme Court extended civil rights protections to transgender and gay Americans. The ruling is not controversial – supermajorities of polled citizens say discrimination against LGBTQ people should be illegal. But Monday’s decision comes ahead of a flurry of rulings on other closely-watched cases involving the president’s financial records, the DACA program, abortion rights, and more. Does this win for the left clear a path for the court to hand down some bitter pills in the next few weeks?
Guest: Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Danielle Hewitt.