Jul 1, 2026 · 23 min · 15 segments
Yesterday was jam packed with SCOTUS’ final case decisions of the season: trans athletes in sports, campaign finance, and birthright citizenship. To make sense of what exactly these decisions were and…
Janai NelsonGuest
April RyanHost
Norm EisenHostHi, this is Sierra Stone, reporter here at The Contrarian.
Yesterday was jam-packed with SCOTUS's final case decisions of the season, trans athletes in sports, campaign finance, and birthright citizenship.
To make sense of what exactly these decisions were and their likely invocations, April spoke to Janae Nelson, president and director counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, on the team.
The Legal Defense Fund is one of the strongest legal organizations in the country fighting for racial justice.
The pair broke down the highly anticipated birthright citizenship case that ended in both a 6-3 and 5-4 decision.
They also reviewed the court's decision to uphold statewide bans on transgender athletes participating in sports, voting rights, and the need for SCOTUS reform.
And there are other reforms that we should be thinking about and discussing as a society when it comes to this important third part of our government.
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