Strict Scrutiny - Ethics, Shmethics

The stories about federal judges doing shady things just keep coming. Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, joins Melissa, Kate, and Leah to discuss proposals for making the judiciary more transparent and accountable. Plus, the hosts recap oral arguments-- including one on whether the government can take your money and keep the change.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Mary Louise Kelly on her memoir ‘It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs’

In her new memoir, All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly talks about the time she got a call from her son's school nurse while she was boarding a Black Hawk helicopter in Baghdad. Kelly joined NPR's Scott Simon to discuss this and other stories she shares in It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs – which follows Kelly as she looks at the balance of work and motherhood, intention and memory

It Could Happen Here - Medication Abortions and the People Trying to Ban Them

James talks to to Kaveh Hoda about medication abortions and the recent attempts to ban them in the USA.

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