Justice Alito Sends Recorded Video Message To Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference "Unfortunately personal attendance became impractical, and I apologize for everyone for the change in plans." Reason · May 6, 2022
Reversing Roe v. Wade Wouldn't be the First Time the Supreme Court Gutted Precedents that Protect Individual Rights - Far From it That fact doesn't necessarily justify overruling Roe. Depending on how it's viewed, the history of such reversals may even counsel against further such moves. Reason · May 6, 2022
Whodunit? And why that is, at this point, an important question - maybe the only important question - emerging from the recent Dobbs leak Reason · May 5, 2022
Gloria Steinem on the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist and activist Gloria Steinem about her reaction to news that the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to strike down Roe v. Wade. WEKU · May 5, 2022
Will Dobbs Be a Ticket Good for this Right Only? What the Alito draft tells us about a possible future for same-sex marriage. Reason · May 5, 2022
On the Leak in Dobbs How it differs from past SCOTUS leaks and why it poses such a threat Reason · May 5, 2022
Here's why Democrats are making the abortion debate about more than abortion President Biden and Vice President Harris have both focused on the risks to other rights like marriage and contraception since the draft Supreme Court opinion leaked. WEKU · May 5, 2022
This viral workout hack claims to boost performance — science says otherwise In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about dry scooping, a parasitic stellar object, and what overturning Roe v. Wade would mean for maternal health in the U.S. Inverse · May 5, 2022
Janus and Dobbs The leaked opinion places the public "on notice . . . regarding this Court’s misgivings about" Roe. Reason · May 4, 2022
Overturning Roe v. Wade will make the U.S.’s horrifying maternal mortality rates even worse Justice Alito's drafted Supreme Court decision would reverse landmark abortion cases, posing real dangers for maternal health. Inverse · May 4, 2022
The Final Epicycle of Roe v. Wade This ultimate breach in Court confidentiality provides yet one more reason why the Supreme Court must exit the arena of abortion. Reason · May 3, 2022
I've Finished Reading The Apparent Dobbs Draft Opinion The penultimate paragraph of Part IV provides the course of action going forward. Reason · May 3, 2022
Whodunnit? Speculating on how the apparent Dobbs first draft from Feb. 10, 2022 was leaked. Reason · May 3, 2022
Boston Can't Exclude Christian Flag from City Hall Flagpole When It Allows Many Other Groups to Fly Flags So the Supreme Court held this morning, though it made clear that a city could pick and choose which flags it flies, if it makes clear that the flags are its own speech. Reason · May 2, 2022
Reason · May 2, 2022 Justice Alito Identifies The Problems With Justice Breyer's "Factorized" Jurisprudence "And like any factorized analysis, this approach cannot provide a principled way of deciding cases."
Reason · Apr 21, 2022 Supreme Court on What Counts as a Content-Based Speech Restriction Today's decision in City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising makes this test somewhat fuzzier.
The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2022 The US supreme court’s assault on voting rights hits a new low Ruling throws out Wisconsin’s redrawn electoral map, which included a new district to account for Black population growth
Reason · Mar 25, 2022 Supreme Court Issues Stay, Favoring Navy, in Navy Seals COVID Vaccination Religious Exemption Case In today's Austin v. U.S. Navy Seals 1–26, the Supreme Court stayed "[t]he district court's January 3, 2022 order, insofar as it precludes the Navy from considering respondents' vaccination status in making deployment, assignment, and other operational decisions … pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of…
Salon · Mar 9, 2022 SCOTUS could let the GOP rule forever How the right turned a fringe constitutional theory into a brutal political weapon that could lock in GOP power
Reason · Mar 3, 2022 SCOTUS Allows State Attorney General to Intervene when Governor Stops Defending State Law As Justice Breyer suggested last week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will be allowed to defend the state's controversial abortion law.