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SCOTUS Rulings Explained: From Abortion to Affirmative Action

Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the biggest cases on abortion in a quarter century. The court also issued several other rulings, including a case about affirmative action in college admissions, and another regarding when people convicted of domestic violence can own a gun. What does it all mean for you, and how will these cases reverberate around Iowa and around the nation?

Todd Pettys, Professor and H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair of Civil Litigation at the University of Iowa, and Anthony Gaughan, Professor of Law at Drake University Law School join host Ben Kieffer to talk about the cases, the decisions and which legal questions will likely be revisited in the future. 

Lindsey Moon served as IPR's Senior Digital Producer - Music and the Executive Producer of IPR Studio One's All Access program. Moon started as a talk show producer with Iowa Public Radio in May of 2014. She came to IPR by way of Illinois Public Media, an NPR/PBS dual licensee in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Wisconsin Public Radio, where she worked as a producer and a general assignment reporter.
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River