Secretive GOP billionaire's $1.6B gift Industrialist Barre Seid gave $1.6 billion to new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo Salon · Aug 24, 2022
Cardi B just donated $100K to her old Bronx middle school The rapper made a surprise visit to offer advice to students about their educational futures before presenting the donation. Mic · Aug 22, 2022
Leonard Leo gets biggest donation ever A little-known megadonor used a shady dark-money scheme to funnel cash to Federalist Society's Leonard Leo Salon · Aug 22, 2022
Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie Salon · Jul 29, 2022
"Liar, Liar: False Statements and the Freedom of Speech" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI2LlLCtZFw I much enjoyed participating in this Federalist Society webinar, which has just been posted; here's the summary: What can the government do to counter "disinformation" or other statements that it believes to be false? The Supreme Court famously protected some false defamatory statements in New York Times Co. v.… Reason · Jul 27, 2022
Paul blows up Mitch-Biden deal over snub McConnell fumed that Democrats are "relieved" after Paul blocked Biden from appointing anti-abortion judge Salon · Jul 19, 2022
The most unpopular Justice on the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Four years after angrily denying sexual assault allegations at his Senate confirmation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh remains the U.S. Supreme Court’s lightning rod no matter how many conciliatory opinions he writes. Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2022
Seven days in June: The SCOTUS coup Trump's violent insurrection didn't quite work — but six people in black robes went much further, without weapons Salon · Jul 9, 2022
Biden planned to pick Thomas-style judge Biden reportedly agreed to nominate anti-abortion lawyer Chad Meredith in deal with Mitch McConnell Salon · Jul 8, 2022
SCOTUS sets up election theft for GOP Supreme Court ends infamous term with promise for worse outcomes next time Salon · Jul 1, 2022
Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Biden cut anti-abortion deal with Mitch "This is some bullsh*t," said Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker, calling it a "complete slap in the face" Salon · Jun 30, 2022
One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo. WEKU · Jun 30, 2022
Inside John Eastman's California rise from GOP 'happy warrior' to Jan. 6 firebrand The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable: John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the panel's investigation, but a main character. If Eastman was tuning in, though, the proceedings may have struck him as something else — a bizarro episode of… Los Angeles Times · Jun 27, 2022
The Guardian - US · Jun 25, 2022 How the Christian right took over the judiciary and changed America Leaders of the movement understood very well that if you can capture the courts, you can change society
The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022 Has US-style politicisation of the courts come to Australia? In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization…
The Independent UK · May 13, 2022 How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports
The Independent UK · May 10, 2022 How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports
inkl Originals · May 7, 2022 The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 May 2022 This week unscalable barriers were erected around the United States Supreme Court to keep protesters at bay. It's now about as difficult to enter the highest court in America as it is to get a legal abortion in Missouri.
The Guardian - US · May 5, 2022 Trump the hero for anti-abortion movement after bending supreme court his way The former president was once pro-choice – but the threat he posed to reproductive rights was hiding in plain sight
Reason · Mar 29, 2022 Video of Discussion of Critical Race Theory at University of Chicago Law School Last Wednesday, I gave a talk about Critical Race Theory at U. Chicago, as a guest of the school's Federalist Society chapter. Professor William H.J. Hubbard commented on my talk. We had an interesting, amicable discussion, with me being very critical of CRT, and Prof. Hubbarb, while agreeing with many…
Reason · Mar 29, 2022 The Inaugural Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture "Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts"
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022 Legal scholars and lawyers who know Justice Thomas say he can no longer ignore his wife’s activism ‘I know of nothing remotely like this in the history of the court,’ says legal expert
Reason · Mar 25, 2022 More on the Students' Disruption of the Yale Law School Event For my earlier post on the incident, see here; three follow-ups: [1.] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)—one of the most prominent liberal constitutional law scholars in the country—and Chancellor Howard Gillman (UC Irvine) had a Washington Post op-ed, "Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate"; an…