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March 17, 2025
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How to Lose a Democracy in 10 Laws (with Elie Mystal)

In This Episode

Leah, Kate, and Melissa are joined this week by Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, whose new book is Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America. They talk about what rotten laws should be done away with while touching on the latest news, including the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and the dismantling of the Department of Education.

Hosts’ favorite things this week: