Progressives Aim to Expand Rights Through States

After Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict certain rights at the federal level, are there strategies for progressives to codify those rights at the state level?

Episode 46 of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Progressives Aim to Expand Rights Through States" was published on June 4, 2024 and runs 22 minutes.

June 4, 2024 ·22m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

After Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict certain rights at the federal level, are there strategies for progressives to codify those rights at the state level?

Episode Description

After Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict certain rights at the federal level, are there strategies for progressives to codify those rights at the state level?

On Today's Show:
Eyal Press, contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Macmillan, 2021), talks about renewed efforts to focus on the rights found in individual state constitutions.