Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Ruth Marcus for The Washington Post: “The Leaked Draft Roe Opinion Is A Disaster For The Supreme”
Edwin Meese III for The Washington Post: “Did The Conservative Legal Movement Succeed? That All Depends On Whether The Supreme Court Overrules Roe V. Wade.”
Reginald Dwayne Betts for The New York Times Magazine: “Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out”

Here are this week’s chatters:
Ruth: Julia Clancy for Eating Well: “What Is an Air Fryer and Should You Buy One?”
James: The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City,
by Nicholas Dawidoff 
Emily: She’s getting a puppy! Send your advice.
Listener chatter from Joe Stracci: Kevin Kelly for The Techium: “103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known” 

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily and Ruth interview James about his innovative programs at Yale’s Center for Law and Racial Justice.

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Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.
Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.
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