New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a package of bills to strengthen gun laws, June 6, 2022, in New York. The Supreme Court, Thursday, June 23, 2022, struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major

NYS Reacts to Supreme Court's Gun and Abortion Ruling; Supreme Court Upends Abortion Rights

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 24, 2022

Coming up on today's show: 

  • State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-35) talks about how the New York State legislature plans to respond to the Supreme Court decisions that struck down a New York gun law and the right to abortion.
  • Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), offers analysis of today's Supreme Court decision to upend abortion rights and takes listener calls.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.  

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