What this trial teaches us about Republican misogyny.

Despite Donald Trump’s efforts, the continued slander against E. Jean Carroll will cost a lot ($83.3 million!!).During much of the proceedings, he sat behind Carol, muttering under his breath and posting on Truth Social 30 times. in one night About the unfairness of judges and courts. But if you zoom out, Trump’s actions in court and toward women in general mean much more than the size of the check he has to write. this week, Vanity Fair”Molly Jonfast joins Dahlia Lithwick on the flames of Republican misogyny playing out in every aspect of politics, from the Republican primary to House leadership to women raped in crime-free states. Explain how Trump has incited this. Access to abortion. And she asked what ultimately it says about our justice system that 80-year-old E. Jean Carroll was willing to stand up to the man who assaulted her.

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern discusses the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision that in some ways resolved the dispute between federal immigration authorities and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and conservative discusses the horrifying direction taken this week on the death penalty.

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One of America’s leading legal commentators, Dahlia Lithwick, tells the inspiring and heroic stories of female lawyers who fought and won against racism, sexism, and xenophobia during the Donald Trump era. I will tell you.