Dobbs was a disaster. A national abortion ban would make it worse, but a MAGA White House could install judges ready to take down the abortion pill to laws in legal abortion states.
Caroline Fredrickson
Caroline Fredrickson is the strategic councilor on democracy and power at the Open Markets Institute. She is a frequent guest on television and radio and regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other outlets.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Trump Immunity Decision is Even Worse Than You Think
The Trump Immunity Decision is Even Worse Than You Think. In a frightening ruling that gave the felonious former president more than he could have wished, the conservative supermajority expanded the imperial presidency.
Posted inMagazine
Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on the Courts?
With serendipity and outside help, Trump achieved a generational shift on the Supreme Court and lower courts. With fewer advantages, Biden is catching up.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Elon Musk’s War on the New Deal—and Democracy
The South African-born mogul is now trying to gut the 89-year-old National Labor Relations Board.
Posted inLaw and Justice
This Supreme Court Loves to Legislate From the Bench. See Their Latest Decision on the EPA and Wetlands.
Last week, the majority of the justices decided to rewrite the Clean Water Act despite its professed belief in narrowly interpreting statutes.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Conservative Justices and the “Major Questions” Hustle
Conservative jurists demand “textualism” to get what they want, except when a statute’s words thwart their desired goal. But by using a new trick, they break their own rules. That’s how they blew up the EPA’s Clean Power Rule and may soon eviscerate Biden’s student loan relief.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2021
A Constitution of Our Own Making
Two hundred years of amendments have moved America’s founding document almost entirely in one direction: left.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2020, Magazine
The Unfulfilled Promise of the Public Defender
Despite a century of progress, the poor still don’t get a fair day in court.
Posted inApril/May/June 2020, Books, Magazine
When Environmentalists Won Over the Supreme Court
How one improbable legal case drove the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases.
