Political Gabfest: That Shoddy Abortion Pill Ruling

This week, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon discuss the federal court
rulings on the F.D.A.-approved abortion medication mifepristone,
the expulsion of two Democratic representatives by the
Republican-supermajority state legislature in Tennessee, and
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ latest ethics problem. 
  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Adam Unikowsky for Adam’s Legal Newsletter: “Mifepristone and the
rule of law, part II” Allison McCann for the New York Times:
“Inside the Online Market for Overseas Abortion Pills” Joshua
Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski for ProPublica:
“Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire” Sylvie McNamara for the
Washingtonian: “Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects
Hitler Artifacts” Chenjerai Kumanyika for This American Life:
“Ghost Industrial Complex”   Here are this week’s chatters:
Emily: Vladimir: A Novel by Julia May Jonas David: The
D.C. Sing-Along; The Dropout on Hulu; Air (Amazon
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Listener chatter
from David Foreman: Rosemary Mosco for Audubon: “Meet the
Little Brown Bird That Holds a Mirror Up to Humanity”   For
this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David and Emily
discuss the Hitler memorabilia collected by Harlan Crow,
Texas billionaire and friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas.   Email your questions and chatters
to gabfest@slate.com or tweet us @SlateGabfest.
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