Jad Abumrad (host) / main Radiolab host voice
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
It's going to make sense in about 30 seconds.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
It isn't ultimately even that important to the story.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
So just you and I are going to sit right here and behave ourselves.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
And Tim Howard, our intrepid producer, is going to tell us the story.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
So I first heard about this story.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
I saw it listed on the Supreme Court docket for cases that they were going to be hearing this spring.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Actually, in strict legal parlance, it's called Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
So it's not a particularly catchy name.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
I've got to say, it's a weird name, though.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
And she wrote about this case in Slate.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
And it stood out to me because, you know, it just seemed odd at first that this would even be a Supreme Court case.
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
It seemed more like a straightforward custody case.