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.
Amy Coney Barrett
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The Chaos of the Supreme Court’s Last Term—and What May Be Coming This Time
The Chaos of the Supreme Court’s Last Term—and What May Be Coming This Time. With their new term starting October 7, the nine justices face roiling legal waters and the bench’s profound dysfunction. A deep dive into an institution that is “not well.”
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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
As the Supreme Court Reconsiders “Chevron Deference,” Will Its Ruling Be Monumental or “Meh”?
Last month, the Supreme Court heard two cases—Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce—each widely anticipated because the Court’s ruling on them could significantly reshape the federal judiciary’s relationship to the federal administrative bureaucracy. The issue in both is whether the Court should overrule, or at least narrow, a 40-year-old […]
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling Against Unions is Really Aimed at the New Deal
By targeting labor law and the much-maligned administrative state, the justices showed that rolling back workers’ rights is just one tactic in their larger war.
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Conservative Judges Have Become Politicians
It’s time to admit it and act accordingly.
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Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices Solves a Lot of Problems
It eases the damage from the GOP’s stolen seats, assures an even distribution among presidents, and gives the geriatric court new blood.
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The Court’s Third Great Crisis
Twice before in history, the Supreme Court has allowed itself to become an arm of one political party, with catastrophic results. Only the voters can save us from the same fate today.
Posted inPolitics
I Had an Abortion and Kept Silent. No More.
I’m speaking out now because, as a political consultant and a woman, I believe sharing abortion stories publicly is essential to reclaiming our endangered reproductive rights.
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The Supreme Court and the Originalist Fallacy
As the Court’s conservative majority readies opinions on abortion and guns, they cling to the idea that we can know what the Founders meant. It’s not that simple.
