Mifepristone On Trial: Elie Mystal On The New Abortion Access Emergency In The Courts

With the medication abortion drug mifepristone currently going through a pair of legal challenges, we explore the courts' role in regulating medicine. On today's show, Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, consultant for Radiolab, and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), offers analysis of recent political headlines, including the abortion drug rulings. Plus, the expulsion of two young Black lawmakers from the Tennessee House of Representatives, and new reporting on previously undisclosed luxury gifts accepted by Justice Clarence Thomas.